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[Facts] What is the meaning of Ilyana?
My friend's mom's name is Ilyana. She is from Guatamala but her father was the one who picked that name for her. I asked her why he chose that name and what it meant, but to this day she has no idea. She has been asked several times if she is Russian? I have spent the morning doing web searches with no luck. Does anyone know the meaning of this name?
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Ilyana is popular in Bulgaria. It is the feminine form of ILIA. Russians do not have feminine form of ILIA, I do not know why.
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Maybe a variant of Ileana or Eliana.
Ilya is a Russian name but a male one.- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball.Equality never goes out of style.
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Perhaps a variant of Ilana ?
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