Top Collection Of 100 Christian Baby Unisex Names Starting With Il

İlkay is a common unisex Turkish given name. "İlkay" is composed of two words: "İlk" and "Ay". In Turkish, "İlk" means "first", and/or "prime", whereas "ay" means "moon". Thus, İlkay means "new moon".

The river was named by French explorer Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1679 after the Indians he found living along the banks. Illinois is the French spelling for the Illinois and Peoria Indian word "iliniwok," meaning men or warriors and perhaps referring to members of the Illinois tribe.