DROP THE FIC
I WANNA Read IT BADLY NOW
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Man, whatâs with all these girls called Ilya, a male name (also looking at you, Magik)?
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Most likely Fate. No, I donât mean destiny. Iâm 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 thatâs a male name, even I questioning why the author chose a male name for a âwhite magican girlâ like her
When I said âanother girl bearing the name Ilyaâ 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, Fateâs pronunciation of Illya so different (âŠâsingsongâ-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 âEEL-yuhâ or âILL-yuhâ and neither of those are all that close to Eljah (unless Iâve 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 âEEL-yahâ but thats just me. 
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âI-LYAâ, while Elijah is âi-LIE-jaâ.
Or maybe âEEL-yahâ like Kungoru said, I donât know which one (depending on the author) but I always pronounced âI-LYAâ since itâs sounds⊠more feminine because the female Ilya I saw being called âI-ri-yaâ
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Forgot to mention that my friend was MALE so thereâs 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. Thatâs why it didnât click for me with Japanese pronunciation ă€ăȘ〠(Ee-ree-ya/Ee-lee-ya).
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Oh no, the pronunciation âi-LYAâ is not because of the Japanese pronunciation, I know it from here.
If Japanese people want to pronounce âEEL-yahâ, I think they would say âi-ru-yaâ or âi-yaâ
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 ă€ăȘă€ăŒ if we are to believe japanese side of wikipedia (as your second screenshot seems to be from english side of wiki, if iâm not mistaken).
And as I said before, this is much more⊠erm, âsingsongâ-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 realizeâŠthis seems familiar lol
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Yeah itâs your :))))
I think I had read it too much just to see Ilyaâs reaction because Iâm desperate for anything involving her and you really helped me by that
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Awww, youâre 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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Donât think thatâs gonna end up happening
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