| Origin: | From Albanian words for be free and star | Tools: Add to favorites   Generate: Twitter-able text
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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 lirĂ« (to be free) |  |  | others connect it with the Albanian word yll (star) |  | Words: | i lirĂ« = 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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