Ilona
Ilona is the Hungarian variant of the female given name Helena .
name day
Name variants
- Jelka ( Hungarian / short form )
- Ilonka ( Hungarian / diminutive )
- Ilka ( Hungarian / minor form)
- Iluska ( Hungarian / minor form)
- Inka ( Frisian ) and ( Hungarian )
Well-known namesake
- Ilona Bodden (1940–1985), German poet, children's book author and translator
- Ilona Brokowski (* 1979), German voice actress
- Ilona Bronewitskaja (* 1961), Russian actress, singer and presenter
- Ilona Bruzsenyák (* 1950), Hungarian athlete
- Ilona Christen (1951–2009), German radio and television presenter
- Ilona Deckwerth (* 1961), German politician (SPD)
- Ilona Dörr (* 1948), Hessian politician
- Ilona Elek (1907–1988), Hungarian foil fencer
- Ilona Grandke (* 1943), German actress, singer and voice actress
- Ilona Grübel (* 1950), German film actress
- Ilona Gusenbauer (* 1947), Austrian athlete
- Ilona Haberkamp (* 1957), German jazz musician (alto and soprano saxophone)
- Ilona Jeismann (* 1945), German radio writer
- Ilona Kasdepke (* 1961), German politician
- Ilona Lenk (* 1964), German painter, stage and costume designer
- Ilona Massey (1910–1974), American actress
- Ilona Mayer-Zach (* 1963), Austrian author and writer
- Ilona Mitrecey (* 1993), French singer
- Ilona Novák (1925–2019), Hungarian swimmer
- Ilona Otto (* 1979), German voice actress
- Ilona Prunyi (* 1941), Hungarian pianist
- Ilona Richter (* 1953), German rower
- Ilona Riedel-Spangenberger (1948–2007), German theologian
- Ilona Schulz (* 1955), German singer, actress and voice actress
- Ilona Slupianek (* 1956), German athlete
- Ilona Staller (* 1951), Italian porn actress and politician
- Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), Czech pianist and piano teacher
- Ilona Stulpinienė (* 1963), Lithuanian musician and politician from Šiauliai, member of the Seima
- Ilona Tatai (* 1935), Hungarian economic manager and politician of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
- Ilona Uhlíková (* 1954), Czech table tennis player
- Ilona Varga (* 1960), Hungarian journalist, translator and editor
- Ilona Witkowska (* 1987), Polish poet
- Ilona Ziok (*?), German documentary filmmaker
pseudonym
- Ilona Andrews , pseudonym of the writer couple Ilona and Andrew Gordon