Ileana variant; literal meaning not established by these sources
The exact English Iliana entry explicitly records an Ileana variant and marks its etymology incomplete. The Romanian personal-name entry for Ileana connects it to Helena and Helen. A name-family relationship is not itself a literal meaning, so no bright, torch, or sunlight gloss is asserted.
Origin
Ileana name family; documented Romanian route through Latin to Greek
Iliana is explicitly an Ileana variant. Romanian Ileana is derived from Latin Helena, borrowed from Ancient Greek Helen. The Ileana entry also lists Italian and Spanish descendants. This documents one route without assigning Romanian nationality to a bearer or treating the licensed Spanish label as the whole ancestry.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Girls
18 · preliminary
1373
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France
2025
Girls
50 (rounded to 5)
768
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2025
Girls
13
2138
Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland
2025
Girls
3
780
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
380
730
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Language of use: English
Checked against cited source
The exact English entry records a female personal name. This establishes English use, separate from historical ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Meaning: Ileana variant; literal meaning not established by these sources
Checked against cited source
The exact English Iliana entry explicitly records an Ileana variant and marks its etymology incomplete. The Romanian personal-name entry for Ileana connects it to Helena and Helen. A name-family relationship is not itself a literal meaning, so no bright, torch, or sunlight gloss is asserted. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin: Ileana name family; documented Romanian route through Latin to Greek
Checked against cited source
Iliana is explicitly an Ileana variant. Romanian Ileana is derived from Latin Helena, borrowed from Ancient Greek Helen. The Ileana entry also lists Italian and Spanish descendants. This documents one route without assigning Romanian nationality to a bearer or treating the licensed Spanish label as the whole ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Supporting evidence: Ileana: personal-name history distinguished from the place name
Checked against cited source
The Romanian section explicitly records both a female given name and a commune. The reviewed relationship uses the personal-name sense. The English Ileana section records only the commune and is not used to establish personal-name ancestry or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Spelling variant: Ileana
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The entry explicitly records an Ileana variant but marks deeper etymology incomplete; this relationship does not assert a settled root meaning.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.