Fun Facts About the Name Illyria
- 154 babies named Illyria: U.S. records list 154 babies given the name Illyria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Illyria Mean?
Illyria is the English form of the Latin name for the ancient region along the eastern Adriatic, taken from Greek Ἰλλυρία (Illyría). It is a regional and ethnic name, not one formed from ordinary vocabulary, and its literal meaning is uncertain. The Greek name is associated with the Ἰλλυριοί (Illyrioi), the people called Illyrians, but the origin of that ethnic name is not securely explained. The suffix -ia marks a land or region, so the form can be understood as "land of the Illyrians," while the meaning of "Illyrian" itself remains unresolved.
Illyria Name History & Origins
Greek writers used Illyria for the lands inhabited by peoples they grouped as Illyrians, and Roman writers adopted the name in Latin, where Illyricum also named an administrative province. Through Latin the name passed into English and other European languages as a geographical term. In English literature it is familiar from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, where Illyria is a romantic, fictionalized setting rather than a precise historical map. Later uses include the Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces and the nineteenth-century Illyrian movement, both of which applied the old name to new political or cultural projects. As a given name, Illyria is an adoption of the place name rather than a traditional personal name with its own etymology.
How Popular is the Name Illyria?
Illyria has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #8,657 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,805 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #14,093 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,657 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #11,599 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #11,509 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,810 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #12,973 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,823 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #16,830 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #10,417 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #11,333 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #12,431 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #12,658 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #11,546 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #14,036 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #14,401 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #14,481 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #11,797 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #17,452 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #14,841 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Illyria Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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