Ilona

Ilona
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Origin
Meaning	"As a joy [to someone]" (in Finnish)
Other names
Variant form(s)	Helen, Illona, Ileana, Elena, Helena
Nickname(s)	Ilonka, Ilike, Ica, Illy
Derived	Traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore

Ilona is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore.^[1]^[2]

Its etymology is uncertain. A common theory is that Ilona is cognate with the Greek given name Helen.^[3]

Diminutive forms include Ilonka and Ilike.

Ilona is a common name in Finland,^[4] where it is considered to refer to the Finnish word ilo ("joy") and ilona literally means "as a joy [to someone]". It is also common in Latvia, Estonia, France, Lithuania and Poland^{[citation needed]} (formerly in crown union with Hungary).^{[citation needed]}

People[]

Archduchess Ilona of Austria (1927-2011)
Ilona Andrews, joint pen name of American novelist duo Ilona and Andrew Gordon
Ilona Csáková (born 1970), Czech pop singer
Ilona Eibenschütz (1872–1967), Hungarian pianist
Ilona Elek (1907–1988), Hungarian world and Olympic champion saber fencer
Ilona Fehér (1901–1988), Hungarian violinist and teacher
Ilona Gófitz, Hungarian conjoined twin
Ilona Gusenbauer (born 1947), Austrian high jumper
Ilona Hlaváčková (born 1977), Czech swimmer
Ilona Jokinen (born 1981), Finnish opera singer
Ilona Massey (1910–1974), Hungarian actress
Ilona Mitrecey (born 1993), French singer
Ilona Novák (born 1925), Hungarian swimmer
Ilona Ostrowska, Polish actress
Ilona Palásti (1924–1991), Hungarian mathematician
Ilona Senderek (born 1988), Polish figure skater
Ilona Slupianek (born 1956), retired world champion shot putter who competed for East Germany
Ilona Staller (born 1951), aka Cicciolina, Hungarian-born Italian porn-star, sometime politician, and singer
Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), Czech concert pianist and piano teacher
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho (born 1978), Brazilian political scientist
Ilona Szilágyi (before 1455–1497), Hungarian princess consort of Wallachia as the second wife of Vlad III the Impaler
Ilona Tőzsér, Hungarian sprint canoer
Ilona Zrínyi (1643–1703), Hungarian-Croatian countess

References[]

^ https://glasgow.academia.edu/TaraLotstein/Talks/22816/Finno-Ugric_Mythology_in_Hungarian_Fairy_Tales
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Jarvis, Stan (2008). Discovering First Names. Osprey Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7478-0383-6.
^ There are 25,000 women named Ilona in the Finnish Population Register: Name service

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[1] ttps://glasgow.academia.edu/TaraLotstein/Talks/22816/Finno-Ugric_Mythology_in_Hungarian_Fairy_Tales

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Jarvis, Stan (2008). Discovering First Names. Osprey Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7478-0383-6.

[4] There are 25,000 women named Ilona in the Finnish Population Register: Name service

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