Ilona

Revision History

	Date		Editor		Change Summary
	4/23/2024, 9:35 PM		Mike C		update #115
	12/7/2022, 9:35 PM		Mike C		update #113
	11/20/2020, 10:42 PM		Mike C		update #109
	4/16/2019, 9:13 PM		Mike C		update #103
	7/2/2017, 10:39 PM		Mike C		update #95
	12/3/2014, 12:28 AM		Mike C		update #89
	2/12/2007, 1:03 AM		Mike C		earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech

Pronounced Pron. /ˈi.lo.nɒ/(Hungarian) /i.ˈloː.na/(German) /ˈiː.lo.na/(German) /ˈi.lo.nɑ/(Finnish) /i.ˈlɔ.na/(Polish) /ˈɪ.lo.na/(Czech)

Meaning & History

Old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy".