Ilyana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 26 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ilyana by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Ilyana. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 77 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ilyana
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 Ilyana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ilianaof Troy; form of Iliana or Iliana292 in the US (2017)
- Ilanaoak tree21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ileanabright one; a form of Helen87 in the US (2017)
- Iliyanasun; form of iliyana or heliana9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilaanaoak tree; a form of Ilana3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iyana91 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ilyana
Names that are said the same way as Ilyana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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