Ilona

== English == === Etymology === From Hungarian Ilona. A rare variant of Helen or Helena. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈləʊnə/ Rhymes: -əʊnə === Proper noun === Ilona A female given name from Ancient Greek. === Anagrams === Laino, aloin, anoil == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪlona] === Proper noun === Ilona f a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona at the turn of the 20th century. === Proper noun === Ilona a female given name == Finnish == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈilonɑ/, [ˈilo̞nɑ̝] Rhymes: -ilonɑ Syllabification(key): I‧lo‧na Hyphenation(key): I‧lo‧na === Proper noun === Ilona a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Ilona is the 142nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,991 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19,701 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === aloin, laoin, olain == German == === Etymology === From Hungarian Ilona. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈloːna/, (less often) /ˈiːlona/, /ˈɪlona/ Rhymes: -oːna Hyphenation: I‧lo‧na === Proper noun === Ilona f (proper noun, genitive Ilonas or (with an article) Ilona) a female given name, variant of Helene == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈilonɒ] Hyphenation: Ilo‧na Rhymes: -nɒ === Proper noun === Ilona a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ila, Ili, Ilka, Ilonka (diminutive) ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: Ilona → Estonian: Ilona → Finnish: Ilona → German: Ilona → Latvian: Ilona → Lithuanian: Ilona → Polish: Ilona → Russian: Илона (Ilona) → Ukrainian: Ілона (Ilona) == Latvian == === Etymology === First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1895. From Hungarian Ilona. === Proper noun === Ilona f a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Helēna === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ilona was the only given name of 7526 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. == Lithuanian == === Proper noun === Ilona f a female given name