Iliyana
A girls’ name of Bulgarian origin, meaning sun; form of iliyana or heliana.
Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2788
9 babies
Iliyana by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Iliyana. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Iliyana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Iliyana, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisolsea and sun250 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Iliyana
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