Ilona

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

Ilona

1. A female given name.

• Laino, aloin, anoil

From Hungarian Ilona.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪlona]

Ilona f

1. A female given name.

• Elena f
• Helena f

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]
• Hyphenation: I‧lo‧na

Ilona

1. A female given name.
   • 1987 Kyllikki Kerola, Lauri, poikani Lauri, Kirjapaja, →ISBN, page 85-86:

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

• aloin, laoin, olain

• IPA^(key): [ˈilonɒ]

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• Hyphenation: Ilo‧na

Ilona

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Helen.

• → 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.