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Ilya

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A Quranic Name for Boys and Girls

Short meaning of IlyaHigh Status, Exalted, Sublime and Superb
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How to pronounce Ilya

Islam + pLay + YUmmy
or Islam + pLay + YArn

Each block is a syllable. Thick black border indicates stress/emphasis. Other pronunciations are acceptable.
Arabic Spelling (How to write Ilya in Arabic)عِلْيَة
Quranic Nature
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Indirectly Mentioned
Alternate spellings of IlyaIliah Ilia Ilyah Elia Eliah Ilyat Elyat Elyaa Iliaa Ilyaa Ilya Ilyaa Elya Elieh Eliah
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Quranic Root
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AIN-L-A
All Quranic baby names derived from AIN-L-A:

Meaning of Ilya

Ilya is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means “noble”, “high class”, a person who comes from a respected class of society. It also means “the class of people who live in Illiyyeen“, those who have the highest rank in Paradise. It is derived from the AIN-L-A root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Limitless is He in His glory, and sublimely, immeasurably exalted above anything that men may say [about Him] (Quran 17:43)

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6 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Ilya is my daughter’s name…Before Ilya her name was Isra

  2. Anonymous

    Ilya is my daughter’s name…And she loves her name very much

  3. Anonymous

    Ilya is my name . And i thank God . That my mom gave this name to me

  4. Anonymous

    Hi! My name’s also contain Ilya and im very suprised how lucky is this name. Thank you Alhamdulillah

  5. Anonymous

    Hi My name is Ilya, I am so proud of my name, proud of that I am keeping it pure. Thank you my father, he was the one who gave it to me. In my country everybody have difficult long name and my name is so unique. I am in America now, still don’t have issues with pronounciation. Allah aqbar!

  6. Anonymous

    Can Ilyana be used as a variation of Ilya too, keeping the same meaning? Or does the variation change the meaning to leniency/softness?

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