Ilinca
A girls’ name of Romanian origin, meaning small helen; bright one.
Babies a year
32
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1051
32 babies
Ilinca by the numbers
In 2025, 32 babies in England and Wales were named Ilinca. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ilinca. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean light
Like Ilinca, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ilinca
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