# Ilham

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**Ilham** (إلهام) is a unisex name that derives from the Arabic word for inspiration. It is usually a given name, rarely used as a surname. Pronounced ʔɪlˈhæːm, ʔelˈhæːm, ʔɪlˈhɑːm, elˈhɒːm. Notable people with the name include:

## As a given name

- [Ilham Aliyev](/source/Ilham_Aliyev) (born 1961), President of Azerbaijan since 2003
- [Ilham al-Madfai](/source/Ilham_al-Madfai) (born c. 1942), Iraqi guitarist, singer and composer
- [Ilham Chahine](/source/Ilham_Chahine) (born 1961), Egyptian actress
- [Ilham Ghali of Kazan](/source/Ilham_Ghali_of_Kazan) (c. 1449 – c. 1490), khan of Kazan Khanate
- [Ilham Hussain](/source/Ilham_Hussain) (born 1955), wife of Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan
- [Ilham Jaya Kesuma](/source/Ilham_Jaya_Kesuma) (born 1978), Indonesian footballer
- [Ilham Kadri](/source/Ilham_Kadri) (born 1969), Moroccan business executive and current CEO of [Syensqo](/source/Syensqo), formerly [Solvay](/source/Solvay_S.A.)
- [Ilham Moussaïd](/source/Ilham_Moussa%C3%AFd), French politician
- [Ilham Naghiyev](/source/Ilham_Naghiyev) (born 1988), Azerbaijani economist
- [Ilham Tohti](/source/Ilham_Tohti) (born 1969), Uyghur economist serving a life sentence in China, on separatism-related charges
- [Ilham Yadullayev](/source/Ilham_Yadullayev) (born 1975), Azerbaijani footballer
- [Ilham Zakiyev](/source/Ilham_Zakiyev) (born 1980), Azerbaijani judo practitioner

## As a surname

- [Muhammad Ilham](/source/Muhammad_Ilham) (born 1981), Indonesian footballer

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