Illyana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Illyana by the numbers

Illyana was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Illyana

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 Illyana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Illianabright one; a form of Helen72 in the US (2017)
  • Iliyanasun; form of iliyana or heliana9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Illeanabright light; form of Helen6 in the US (2017)
  • Ilyana26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Illyanna16 in the US (2017)
  • Ilianaof Troy; form of Iliana or Iliana292 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Illyana

Names that are said the same way as Illyana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Illyana

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