Ilija (Cyrillic script: Илија) is a South Slavic male given name, cognate of Ilya/Elijah.
It may refer to:
Ilija Aračić, Croatian football player
Ilija Arnautović, Slovene architect of Serbian origin
Ilija Babalj, Bosnian Australian football player
Ilija Bašičević, Serbian painter
Ilija Batljan, Montenegrin Swedish politician
Ilija Birčanin, Serbian nobleman
Ilija Bozoljac, Serbian tennis player
Ilija Crijević, Dubrovnik poet
Ilija Čarapić, Serbian politician
Ilija Dimovski, Macedonian politician
Ilija Đukić, Serbian diplomat
Ilija Garašanin, Serbian politician
Ilija Gregorić, Croatian soldier
Ilija Grgic, Croatian Australian football player
Ilija Isajlovski, Macedonian diplomat
Ilija Ivezić, Croatian actor
Ilija Ivić, Serbian football player
Ilija Janković, Serbian soldier
Ilija Katić, Serbian football player
Ilija Lupulesku, Serbian American table tennis player
Ilija Lončarević, Croatian football coach
Ilija Lukić, Serbian football player
Ilija Milošević, Italian astronomer
Ilija Mitić, Serbian American football player
Ilija Monte Radlovic, Montenegrin British soldier and writer
Ilija Najdoski, Macedonian football player
Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian football player
Ilija Ničić, Serbian sport shooter
Ilija Okrugić, Croatian writer
Ilija Panajotović, Serbian film producer and tennis player
Ilija Pantelić, Serbian football player
Ilija Pejovski, Macedonian classical musician
Ilija Perajica, outlaw from Dalmatia
Ilija Petković, Serbian football player
Ilija Prodanović, Bosnian football player
Ilija Radović, Montenegrin football player
Ilija Ristanić, Bosnian football player
Ilija Sivonjić, Croatian football player
Ilija Spasojević, Montenegrin footballer
Ilija Stanić, Bosnian secret agent
Ilija Stolica, Serbian football player
Ilija Temelkovski, Macedonian handball coach
Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin, Serbian soldier
Ilija Trojanow, Bulgarian writer
Ilija Zavišić, Serbian football player