Name Meanings & Origins

VILLIJA

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The name VILLIJA derives from VILIJA, and may have Latvian or Lithuanian origins.

From the name of the river which flows in Lithuania through it's capital city Vilnius. Official river name is Neris, but it has a second name - Vilija. The reasons for the dual naming of the river as Neris by the Lithuanians and Viliya (formerly Velja, meaning "big, great" in Slavic) by the Slavs are complex...

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