Message: "Ilona" - Behind the Name

Ilona

by Canielle

7/21/2021, 7:40 AM

Ilona is name of a baby in the supermarket today. I haven’t met a girl called Ilona since primary school. What do you think of Ilona though?

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- Kerilyntaryn21

7/21/2021, 1:06 PM

Don't like it

- ari.

7/21/2021, 8:58 AM

I like its associations in theory, but it's such an old-lady name here.

- Ora (hufflepuffer) (Ora)

7/21/2021, 8:08 AM

Personally I love it, it's one of my favorite girl names and in my top 25. It's one of the lower rated names on my PNL though, at 2.5 stars with 28 votes.

I think it has an old-timey feel but sounds almost modern because it's not so well-known in America. It also has a magical feel, and I love girl names with that feeling.

- guasguendi +2

7/21/2021, 7:52 AM

It's a nice name, albeit I like Ilana more because it sounds more melodious. I think Ilona should be used more in the English-speaking world, along Ilana, Eline and Elina.

- Ora (hufflepuffer) (Ora) +1

7/21/2021, 8:12 AM

It hasn't even broken the charts since the 1950s here! I'm honestly kind of surprised as it seems like the sort of name Americans would like imo

It's not too far off from the sound and feel of the likes of Olivia, Sophia, Camila, Elena, Luna, Eliana, Aurora, Cora, etc

- guasguendi

7/21/2021, 8:40 AM

Ditto

Carlotta, Nella, Ivana..., the list is long.

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