Ilona

From Hungarian Ilona. A rare variant of Helen or Helena.

Ilona

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

• Laino, aloin, anoil

Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪlona]

Ilona f

1. a female given name

Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona at the turn of the 20th century.

Ilona

1. a female given name

Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona. By folk etymology confused with Finnish ilona (“as a joy”) as in Tämä lapsi on meille ilona (“This child is a joy to us”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈilonɑ/, [ˈilo̞nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilonɑ
• Syllabification^(key): I‧lo‧na

Ilona

1. a female given name
   • 1987, Kyllikki Kerola, Lauri, poikani Lauri, Kirjapaja, →ISBN:

     "Eikö siitä tullutkaan Ilonaa?" voivottelin hyvin sujuneen synnytyksen jälkeen. Siihen vastasi reipas lääkäri rohkaisevasti: "Tämä poika on varmasti äidilleen ja isälleen ilona."

     "Did she not become an Ilona after all?" I bemoaned after a successful childbirth. The doctor encouragingly replied: "I'm sure this boy is a joy to his mother and father."

• Ilona is the 149^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,704 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19,128 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 9 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• aloin, laoin, olain

• IPA^(key): [ˈilonɒ]

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• Hyphenation: Ilo‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Ilona

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

• Ila, Ili, Ilka, Ilonka (diminutive)

• → Czech: Ilona
• → Estonian: Ilona
• → Finnish: Ilona
• → German: Ilona
• → Latvian: Ilona
• → Lithuanian: Ilona
• → Polish: Ilona

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1895. From Hungarian Ilona.

Ilona f

1. a female given name

• Helēna

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Ilona was the only given name of 7526 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Ilona f

1. a female given name