Over 142,000 Romanians celebrate their name day on Tuesday, July 20, on St. Ilie (Elijah), according to data provided by the Directorate for the Registration of Persons and Database Administration.
Regarding the men's first names, the situation is as follows:
- Eliade - 247;
- Elias - 4,386;
- Elie - 36;
- Elis - 838;
- Ilia - 372;
- Ilie - 93,366;
- Iliev - 3;
- Ilies - 86;
- Ilius - 15;
- Iliuta - 3,451;
- Lica - 2,044.
The women who have St. Ilie as their spiritual patron are called:
- Eliana - 1,173;
- Elis - 549;
- Ilia - 151;
- Iliana - 3,457;
- Ilinca - 23,627;
- Ilincuta/Ilincuta - 88;
- Iliuta - 391;
- Lia - 6.174;
- Lica - 1,633.