# Ilkka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ilkka/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Ilkka

- Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (1948–2022)
- Ilkka Herola, Finnish Nordic combined skier
- Ilkka Hanski, Finnish ecologist and evolutionary biologist (1953–2016)
- Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish composer (1933–2025)
- Ilkka Villi, Finnish actor
- Ilkka Koski, Finnish boxer (1928–1993)
- Ilkka Suominen, Finnish politician (1939–2022)
- Ilkka Laitinen, Finnish lieutenant general (1962-2019)
- Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (1958-2017)
- Ilkka Niiniluoto, Finnish philosopher and mathematician
- Ilkka Nummisto, Finnish canoeist and strength athlete (1944-2019)
- Ilkka Mesikämmen, Finnish ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.