Origin: | From Albanian words for be free and star | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Ilir in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | Albanian |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Ilia, Ilia Details |
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Group info: About Ilir, the group of names with the same origin as Ilir | Language of origin: | Albanian |
Info about origin: | from the Illyrians, a people who settled various regions of the Balkans at the time of the Romans and who are probably the ancestors of the modern Albanians |
| the name of this people is normally seen as connected to Albanian i lirë (to be free) |
| others connect it with the Albanian word yll (star) |
Words: | i lirë = to be free Albanian |
| yll = the star Albanian |
Topics: | Geographic name |
Variants' top ranks: | 2:Ilir Albania 2008 |
Somehow related to: | Elira |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Ilir | |
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