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Ilona
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ilona
English
Etymology
From en hu Ilona. A rare variant of en Helen or en Helena.
Pronunciation
en /ɪˈləʊnə/ RP
en əʊnə 3
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
Anagrams
en ailno Laino aloin anoil
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :bor hu:Ilona + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female
Declension
f
Related terms
cs Elena<g:f> Helena<g:f>
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from et hu Ilona at the turn of the 20th century.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from fi hu Ilona Helen. By folk etymology confused with Finnish fi ilona as a joy as in fi Tämä lapsi on meille ilona This child is a joy to us.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1987 Kyllikki Kerola Lauri, poikani Lauri Kirjapaja 9516217184 "Eikö siitä tullutkaan Ilonaa?" voivottelin hyvin sujuneen synnytyksen jälkeen. Siihen vastasi reipas lääkäri rohkaisevasti: "Tämä poika on varmasti äidilleen ja isälleen ilona." "Did she not become an Ilona after all?" I bemoaned after a successful childbirth. The doctor encouragingly replied: "I'm sure this boy is a joy to his mother and father."
Declension
Ilon a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 4991 19701 142
References
Anagrams
fi ailno aloin laoin olain
German
Etymology
de :bor hu:Ilona
From de hu Ilona.
Pronunciation
de /iˈloːna/ less often /ˈiːlona/ /ˈɪlona/
de oːna 3
de I lo na
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female Helene
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Hu-Ilona.ogg
hu Ilo na
hu nɒ 3
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female Ancient Greek Helen
Declension
Iloná oIloná
Derived terms
hu Ica, hu Ila, hu Ili, hu Ilka, hu Ilonka diminutive
Descendants
1 cs Ilona
1 et Ilona
1 fi Ilona
1 de Ilona
1 lv Ilona
1 lt Ilona
1 pl Ilona
1 ru Илона
1 uk Ілона
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1895. From lv hu Ilona.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
Related terms
lv Helēna
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Ilona was the only given name of 7526 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
f
lt female