Ilyanna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ilyanna by the numbers

Ilyanna was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ilyanna

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

  • Iyannagod is gracious; a modern respelling of Ioanna or Ivanna139 in the US (2017)
  • Iliannafrom troy; related to Iliad42 in the US (2017)
  • Ivyannaivy plant; a form of Ivy40 in the US (2017)
  • Ileannabright one; elaborated form of Helen11 in the US (2017)
  • Ilyana26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Illyanna16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ilyanna

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

  • Ilianaof Troy; form of Iliana or Iliana292 in the US (2017)
  • Illianabright one; a form of Helen72 in the US (2017)
  • Illyana31 in the US (2017)
  • Illianna25 in the US (2017)
  • Ilianah5 in the US (2017)
  • Ilyanah3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ilyanna

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