Ilona - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Ilona \i-lo-

is pronounced eye-LOH-nah, eye-LONE-ah. It is of Hungarian and Greek origin, and its meaning is "light". Variant of Helen. Also carries the connotation of "beautiful", because of the beauty of Helen of Troy.

Ilona has 9 variant forms: Elona, Ellona, Elonna, Illona, Ilone, Ilonka, Ilonna, Yllona and Yionna.

For more information, see also the related name Alona.

Baby names that sound like Ilona are Ilana and Ilena.

Ilona is a very common first name for women (#1804 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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