79%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech Pronounced Pron. EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Possibly a Hungarian form of Helen, via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details DiminutivesIli, Ilike, Ilka, Ilonka(Hungarian) Ilka(German) Ilonka(Czech) PopularityDetails Last ranked #181 in 2010 Belgium Last ranked #198 in 2010 Czech Republic Last ranked #30 in 2022 Finland Last ranked #301 in 2022 France Last ranked #79 in 1995 Latvia Last ranked #478 in 2010 Netherlands Last ranked #194 in 2019 Poland Last ranked #875 in 1947 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural wholesome refined strange serious nerdy Name DaysName Days? Czechia: January 20Estonia: August 18Finland: October 9Hungary: August 18Latvia: March 18Lithuania: January 27Lithuania: February 5Lithuania: August 18Poland: January 27Poland: August 18 Categories currently out of the US top 1000, emotions, Finnish words, happiness, isograms, joy, light, uncertain etymology, word names
