Talk:Ilya

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There are factual errors in the article.

1. Since the name supposedly came through translations of religious documents originally written in Greek, it is a "borrowed" name, i.e. not of Slavic origin. Therefore, it does not have any meaning in Russian or any other Slavic languages. A good description of the name's etymology is given in Elijah

2. The name is common in many (most?) Slavic languages, and it did not come through the Russian language; therefore, it is incorrect to call it a Russian language form of Elija —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.108.116 (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)