Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Ilona

ILONA

GENDER: Feminine

PRONOUNCED: EE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German) [key]

Meaning & History

Possibly a Hungarian form of HELEN

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VARIANTS: Heléna (Hungarian), Elena, Helena, Helene (German), Eliina, Elina, Helena (Finnish), Helēna, Jeļena (Latvian), Elena (Lithuanian), Helena (Polish), Helena (Czech)

DIMINUTIVES: Ili, Ilka, Ilonka (Hungarian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Helene, Helena (Ancient Greek), Elena (Bulgarian), Helena, Jelena, Elena, Jela, Jelica, Jelka (Croatian), Eli, Lena, Lene (Danish), Heleen, Heleentje, Helena (Dutch), Elaine, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Ellie, Elly, Helen, Helena, Hellen, Lainey, Laney, Lena, Nelda, Nell, Nella, Nelle, Nellie, Nelly (English), Shelena (English (African American)), Helena, Leena (Estonian), Hélène (French), Elene (Georgian), Elene, Eleni (Greek), Helen, Helena, Helene (Greek Mythology), Léan (Irish), Elena (Italian), Elena (Macedonian), Eli, Lena, Lene (Norwegian), Helena, Lena (Portuguese), Elena, Ileana, Lenuța (Romanian), Elena, Yelena, Alyona, Lena (Russian), Elin, Ella, Helena, Helene (Scandinavian), Eilidh (Scottish), Jelena (Serbian), Alena, Helena, Lenka (Slovak), Alena, Alenka, Elena, Helena, Jelena, Jelka (Slovene), Elena, Ileana, Iliana (Spanish), Elina, Lena, Lennie, Lenny (Swedish), Olena, Lesya (Ukrainian), Elen, Elin (Welsh), Elaine (Welsh Mythology)

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