Ilka

Ilka is a female given name and family name.

Origin and meaning

Ilka is a subsidiary form of Ilonka , which in turn is the Hungarian form of Helena (the luminous, radiant). The Polish variant is Ilona . Until the 1940s, the name was found almost exclusively in Hungary. Only then did it spread in Germany.

Name days

August 18th , July 20th

Name bearers

First name

Ilka Agricola (* 1973), German mathematician
Ilka Arndt (* 1981), German handball player
Ilka Bessin (* 1971), German comedian ("Cindy from Marzahn")
Ilka Böhning (* 1968), German doctor and table tennis player
Ilka Boll (1923–1985), German dramaturge and translator
Ilka von Boeselager (* 1944), German politician, (formerly Ilka Keller)
Ilka Chase (1905–1978), American actress
Ilka Endres (* 1970), German photo model and beauty queen
Ilka Eßmüller (* 1964), German television presenter
Ilka von Fabrice (1846–1907), German painter
Ilka Gedő (1921–1985), Hungarian graphic artist and painter
Ilka Grüning (1876–1964), Austrian actress
Ilka Held (* 1979), German handball player
Ilka Lochner-Borst (* 1970), German politician
Ilka Meschke (* 1976), German painter
Ilka Minor (* 1975), Austrian rally driver
Ilka Neuenhaus (* 1964), German politician
Ilka Paradis-Schlang (* 1944), German author, known under the pseudonym Barbara von Bellingen
Ilka Pedersen (* 1990), German soccer player
Ilka Peter (1903–1999), Austrian researcher of folk dances and dance teacher
Ilka Quindeau (* 1962), German sociologist, psychologist and psychoanalyst
Ilka Schneider (* 1972), German biathlete
Ilka Schröder (* 1978), German politician
Ilka Semmler (* 1985), German beach volleyball player
Ilka Stitz (* 1960), German author
Ilka Štuhec (* 1990), Slovenian ski racer
Ilka Teichmüller (* 1970), German actress and voice actress
Ilka von Wrede (1838–1913), German nobleman
Ilka Wolf (* 1986), German singer and musical artist

family name

Thomas Ilka (* 1965), German political official

variants

Illa, Illy, Ilu, Iluska, Ilonka (Hungarian), Ilca, Ille, Ilko