Question: is illya a jewish name?
Answer: Ilya, Illya, Iliya, Ilja, Ilija, or Ilia (Cyrillic:Илья) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Elijah), meaning "My god is He". It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Elia) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας). ... Ilya is also a Kurdish name meaning great and glorious.