Comments for ILONA:

Finnish "ilo" means "joy".

-- elina  5/24/2005

The name Ilona gives me the impression of being the only one. Alone and Strong. Ilona is unique.

-- Anonymous User  6/6/2005

'Ilona' in Finnish is also the essive form of 'ilo' - literally 'as a joy'.

-- Vodrilus  4/7/2006

A very beautiful name! An Estonian variant is Ilon.

-- Caprice  11/22/2006

There is an author named Illona Haus.

-- Anonymous User  11/28/2006

I've also heard this name pronounced eye-LOHN-a, which I think is very regal and elegant.

-- menno_girl  12/22/2006

This name is also widely used in Russia, Russian pronunciation - ee-LOH-nah.

-- Elena Alexandra  2/9/2007

A variant is Iluna.

-- desert rose  4/3/2007

This name is really cool and unique. I met a girl name Illona. With two L's. She pronounced it ill-own-na.

-- danielle_marion  6/4/2007

The leading character in the movie "Gloomy Sunday" is called Ilona. The movie plays in Hungria.

-- Manora  6/25/2007

Ilona Staller is the real name of pornstar Cicciolina.

-- Anonymous User  8/6/2007

Also used in Lithuania. [noted -ed]

-- halkelle  2/4/2008

It's a Lithuanian name also.

-- simasu01  3/5/2008

Ilona is also German, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Czech and Slovak form. [noted -ed]

-- MaggieSimpson  4/22/2008

I have always liked this name, and to a Finn, the name sounds literally joyful, as 'ilo' is the Finnish word for 'joy', and this name actually happens to tranlate into a little somthing like ''as a joy'' in Finnish. Not that this name is considered a word in Finnish. It's a very pretty name, although I must confess that I'm not sure how well it suits women past the age of 25. If any English-speaker wants to use it, I would recommend you to keep the stress on the first syllable, otherwise it sounds like there's a ghetto pronunciation of 'loner' in there. :-)

-- slight night shiver  6/5/2008

Pronounced "EE-law-nah".

-- Emilie007  9/7/2008

Nicknames: Ila, Ilka, Illy, Ilonka.

-- Emilie007  9/7/2008

The German pronunciation is ee-LO-nah. [noted -ed]

-- mafiosa  8/7/2009

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