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Iliana

Iliana: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from Ilios; sun”
Origin
Greek
Say it
il-ee-AH-nuh · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Eliana/Iliana or as a feminine form related to Greek Ilios 'sun.' Usage and derivation vary by language, so the etymology is somewhat mixed.

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How popular is Iliana?

202498.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Iliana in 2024326

2024 rank#832 girls

Peak year2007

Total US babies since 188012,958

Iliana has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Iliana

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Eliannamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Elliannamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Elyanamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Elyannamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek

Iliana questions

What does the name Iliana mean?

Iliana means "from Ilios; sun". It comes from Greek. Usually treated as a variant of Eliana/Iliana or as a feminine form related to Greek Ilios 'sun.' Usage and derivation vary by language, so the etymology is somewhat mixed.

Is Iliana a boy or girl name?

Iliana is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Iliana?

326 US babies were named Iliana in 2024. Its peak year was 2007.

How do you pronounce Iliana?

Iliana is usually pronounced il-ee-AH-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.