Ilona
Ilona is a girl name of Hungarian origin, meaning Bright light; torch.
What Ilona means
Bright light; torch.
Ilona 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 Ilona comes from
Hungarian names come from a language unrelated to its neighbours, and many are native Magyar words rather than borrowings.
Ilona is recorded as Hungarian in origin. Browse other Hungarian names.
How popular is Ilona?
You will not find Ilona in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Ilona
We group Ilona under light and brightness. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Light
Names like Ilona
These share Ilona's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Chiara — Bright, clear, light.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Indira — Beauty; splendour.
- Ivory — Pure, creamy white.
- Lena — Light, shining; torch.
- Lucia — Light.