Ilana
Ilana is a girl name of Hebrew origin, meaning Tree; flourishing.
What Ilana means
Tree; flourishing.
Ilana sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ilana comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Ilana is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Ilana?
Ilana sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ilana
Ilana spans the natural world and Life, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Ilana
These share Ilana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aviva — Springlike; fresh.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Embla — Elm; the first woman.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Summer — The warm, bright season.
- Vesna — Slavic goddess of spring.
- Rohan — Ascending; blossoming.
- Xuan — Spring.
- Bethany — House of figs.
- Carmel — Garden; orchard.
- Deborah — Bee; an industrious leader.