Here you are.
Are you okay friend? And also tell me if you’re okay after reading
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Man, what’s with all these girls called Ilya, a male name (also looking at you, Magik)?
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Most likely Fate. No, I don’t mean destiny. I’m talking about the anime/game series. Either that or Japan as a whole.
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For a bit i thought you were talking bout me lmao
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Well yeah I know that’s a male name, even I questioning why the author chose a male name for a “white magican girl” like her
When I said “another girl bearing the name Ilya” I limit it so everyone now who I mention (the little miss of Einzbern family aka Ilyasviel von Einzbern).
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To be fair, Fate’s pronunciation of Illya so different (…“singsong”-like?) from the male Ilya I used hearing, that those two are never properly registered in my mind as the same name (even through, technically, they are)
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I did not even know Illya was a male name. Always thought it was female
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You not alone, I was until someone told me :v
According to behindthename, Ilya is another form of a Hebrew name Elijah, a male name. The pronunciation almost similar.
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Wait, how are people pronouncing her name? I always say it like “EEL-yuh” or “ILL-yuh” and neither of those are all that close to Eljah (unless I’ve been pronouncing that one weirdly my whole life).
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As someone who had a friend named Ilya i always pronouced it as “EEL-yah” but thats just me. 
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“I-LYA”, while Elijah is “i-LIE-ja”.
Or maybe “EEL-yah” like Kungoru said, I don’t know which one (depending on the author) but I always pronounced “I-LYA” since it’s sounds… more feminine because the female Ilya I saw being called “I-ri-ya”
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Forgot to mention that my friend was MALE so there’s that. 
But really you can pronouce it as you like seeing it as it is a fantasy novel without any audo inclusion so it doesnt really matter.
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Yup, same for my case. That’s why it didn’t click for me with Japanese pronunciation イリヤ (Ee-ree-ya/Ee-lee-ya).
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Oh no, the pronunciation “i-LYA” is not because of the Japanese pronunciation, I know it from here.
If Japanese people want to pronounce “EEL-yah”, I think they would say “i-ru-ya” or “i-ya”
Edit: just found another
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I mentioned japanese just in reference to Fate discussion above. And yeah, in Japanese Ilya seems to be pronounced as イリヤー if we are to believe japanese side of wikipedia (as your second screenshot seems to be from english side of wiki, if i’m not mistaken).
And as I said before, this is much more… erm, “singsong”-like than pronunciation I usually hear from, for example, russian-speaking people.
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*Me going to read a new fanfic, only to realize…this seems familiar lol
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Yeah it’s your :))))
I think I had read it too much just to see Ilya’s reaction because I’m desperate for anything involving her and you really helped me by that
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Awww, you’re welcome. Ilya really is a doll and I am soooo hoping we can get a poly option for her and Eli
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Don’t think that’s gonna end up happening
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A girl can dream 
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