Ilanna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Ilanna by the numbers
Ilanna was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ilanna
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ilanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ivannagod is gracious; feminine form of John575 in the US (2017)
- Iyannagod is gracious; a modern respelling of Ioanna or Ivanna139 in the US (2017)
- Ilanaoak tree21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iliannafrom troy; related to Iliad42 in the US (2017)
- Iannagod is gracious; a form of Joanna24 in the US (2017)
- Ileannabright one; elaborated form of Helen11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ilanna
Names that are said the same way as Ilanna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ileanabright one; a form of Helen87 in the US (2017)
- Ilonalight, bright; a form of Helen5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilenabright, shining light; form of helen14 in the US (2017)
- Illeanabright light; form of Helen6 in the US (2017)
- Ilaanaoak tree; a form of Ilana3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilina8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ilanna
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