Ilona
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Ilona is a female given name of Hungarian origin, though uncertain etymology. It may have descended from the Magyar
form of the Greek
given name Helen
, said to translate as "light"..
An alternative school of thought holds the name to be a Magyar
(Hungarian) native word, the traditional name of the Queen of the Faries in Magyar myth. A possible etymological root in the Hebrew word "Ilana," as in "oak tree," has yet to be proven.
Contemporary common diminutive forms are Ilonke and Ilike.
The name Ilona may refer to:
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
form of the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
given name Helen
Helen (given name)
Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἑλένη Helene, meaning "torch" or "corposant." Another possible derivation is the Greek σελήνη or Selene, meaning "moon." Helen of Troy is a character in Greek mythology...
, said to translate as "light"..
An alternative school of thought holds the name to be a Magyar
Magyar
Magyar may refer to:* A nation and an ethnic group native to and primarily associated with Hungarian people* The Hungarian language,...
(Hungarian) native word, the traditional name of the Queen of the Faries in Magyar myth. A possible etymological root in the Hebrew word "Ilana," as in "oak tree," has yet to be proven.
Contemporary common diminutive forms are Ilonke and Ilike.
The name Ilona may refer to:
- Archduchess Ilona of AustriaArchduchess Ilona of AustriaArchduchess Ilona of Austria was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was married and later divorced from the late head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg....
(born 1927) - Ilona AndrewsIlona AndrewsIlona Andrews is the pen name used by urban fantasy novelist Ilona Gordon with her spouse Andrew Gordon, also known as Gordon.Ilona was born in Russia and came to the United States as a teenager. She attended Western Carolina University, where she majored in biochemistry and met her husband...
, pen name of Russian fantasy novelist Ilona Gordon - Ilona CsákováIlona CsákováIlona Csáková is a Czech popular singer.- Biography :Ilona Csáková wanted to be a singer as a child. She sang with child band Butterflies, learnt to play the guitar, and played the drums in the school orchestra in Klášterec nad Ohří. She participated in her first singing competition in 1985. She...
(born 1970), Czech pop singer - Ilona EibenschützIlona EibenschützIlona Eibenschütz was a Hungarian pianist.She received her first instruction in music from her cousin Albert Eibenschütz. At the age of five, Franz Liszt is said to have played at a concert with her...
(1872-1967), Hungarian pianist - Ilona ElekIlona ElekIlona Elek, known also as Ilona Elek-Schacherer was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. Elek won more international fencing titles than any other woman.-Fencing career:...
(1907-1988), Hungarian 2x Olympic champion saber fencer - Ilona FehérIlona FeherIlona Feher, Ilona Fehér , was one of the last representatives of the Central European Violin School whose greats included Joseph Joachim, Otakar Ševčík and Jenő Hubay. She was also a noted violin teacher.-Early years:Feher studied with Jenő Hubay for six years at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music...
(1901-1988), Hungarian violinist and teacher - Ilona GusenbauerIlona GusenbauerIlona Gusenbauer is a former Austrian athlete, who mainly competed in the high jump.She was born in Gummersbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany....
(born 1947), Austrian high jumper - Ilona HlaváčkováIlona HlaváckováIlona Hlaváčková is a backstroke swimmer and Olympian from the Czech Republic. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics....
(born 1977), Czech swimmer - Ilona JokinenIlona JokinenIlona Jokinen is a Finnish soprano opera singer. She began her vocal studies in Lahti in 1997 as a pupil of Leena Pulkki and was a pupil of Ritva Auvinen at the Helsinki Polytechnic from 2001 until December 2005 after which she received her Bachelor's Degree as Singing Teacher...
(born 1981), Finnish opera singer - Ilona MasseyIlona MasseyIlona Massey was a film, stage and radio performer.-Early life and career:...
(1910-1974), Hungarian actress - Ilona MitreceyIlona MitreceyIlona Mitrecey is a teenage French singer.-Biography:She became famous in France after the release of her hit single, "Un Monde parfait" , a high-energy eurodance song which had already been released in Italy in March 2004 under the name 'Très Bien featuring Ilona', on 28 February 2005...
(born 1993), French singer - Ilona NovákIlona NovákIlona Novák is a former Hungarian swimmer and Olympic champion.She was born in Budapest.She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she finished 4th in 100 m backstroke, and 5th in 4×100 m freestyle relay....
(born 1925), Hungarian swimmer - Ilona OstrowskaIlona OstrowskaIlona Ostrowska is a Polish actress.In 1998 she graduated from the State Theatre School in Wrocław. She worked in Wrocław, Polish Theatre and the Theatre of K2. Since 2002 is an actress Contemporary Theatre in Warsaw. In 2004 she married actor and director Jack Borcucha. In 2006 she gave birth to...
, Polish actress - Ilona SenderekIlona SenderekIlona Senderek is a Polish figure skater. She is the 2004 Polish national champion.-Biography:She started her sport career from roller skating and she even started in couple of competitions at national level, but she soon got interested in figure ice-skating and started regular trainings in...
(born 1988), Polish figure skater - Ilona SlupianekIlona SlupianekIlona Briesenick, née Schoknecht divorced Slupianek is a retired German athlete, who starred mainly in the shot put...
(born 1956), retired world champion shot putter who competed for East Germany - Ilona StallerIlona StallerIlona Staller , also known by her stage name la Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian porn star, politician, and singer. She continued to make hardcore pornographic films while in office. She is famous for delivering political speeches with one breast exposed.-Early life:Anna Ilona was born in...
(born 1951) aka Cicciolina, Hungarian-born Italian porn-star, sometime politician, and singer - Ilona Štěpánová-KurzováIlona Štepánová-KurzováIlona Štěpánová-Kurzová was a Czech concert pianist and piano teacher, a professor at the Prague Academy of Arts. Her students included Ivan Moravec. Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová was the mother of pianist Pavel Štěpán.- Biography :Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová belongs to notable representatives of the Czech...
(1899-1975), Czech concert pianist and piano teacher - Ilona SzilágyiIlona SzilágyiIlona Szilágyi was the second wife of Vlad III the Impaler.After Vlad, Voivod of Wallachia, had been imprisoned by his former ally Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, in 1462, he gradually won back the king's favour and married Ilona, daughter of Michael Szilagy, a Hungarian nobleman allied to...
, second wife of Vlad III the Impaler - Ilona TözserIlona TözserIlona Tözser is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and three bronzes .-References:**...
, Hungarian sprint canoer - Ilona ZrínyiIlona ZrínyiCountess Ilona Zrínyi was one of the last surviving members of the Croatian Zrinski/Zrínyi noble family and one of the greatest heroines of Croatian and Hungarian history...
(1643-1703), Croatian countess noted for defending Palanok Castle for three years - Ilona (singer)Ilona (singer)Ilona is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her beginnings in music were through presentations on the public transport bus service in Bogotá when she was 15 years old, and her surprised audience gave her money...
, Colombian singer-songwriter