Ilana
| Pronunciation | ee-lah-nah, i-lah-nah |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Celtic, Greek, Hebrew |
| Meaning | "tree", "shining", "beautiful", "child", "islander" |
Ilana is a feminine given name with various origins including Celtic, Greek and Hebrew. In the Celtic Languages, it is a variant of the name Alana,[1] meaning “beautiful” or “child.” It is also considered an anglicized version of the Gaelic name Eileanach, meaning "islander."[2] In the Greek language, it is a variant of the name Helen, meaning "torch" or "shining[3].” In Hebrew, it is the female form of the word ilan (אִילָן), meaning “tree,” or of the masculine name Ilan.[4]
Notable people with the name include:
- Ilana Adir (born 1941), Israeli Olympic sprinter
- Ilana Avital (born 1960), Israeli singer
- Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos (born 1949), Israeli professor
- Ilana Berger (born 1965), Israeli tennis player
- Ilana Casoy (born 1960), Brazilian writer
- Ilana Cicurel (born 1972), French lawyer and politician
- Ilana Cohen (born 1943), Israeli politician
- Ilana Davidson, American operatic soprano
- Ilana Dayan (born 1964), Israeli journalist
- Ilana Duff, Canadian Paralympic athlete
- Ilana Eliya (born 1955), Israeli singer
- Ilana Frank, Canadian film producer
- Ilana Glazer (born 1987), American comedian and actress
- Ilana Halperin (born 1973), American artist
- Ilana Harris-Babou (born 1991), American sculptor
- Ilana Karaszyk (born 1938), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
- Ilana Kloss (born 1956), South African tennis player, World #1 in doubles
- Ilana Kratysh (born 1990), Israeli freestyle wrestler
- Ilana Kurshan, Israeli author
- Ilana Levine (born 1963), American actress
- Ilana Löwy (born 1948), Polish-Israeli-French historian
- Ilana Mushin, Australian linguist
- Ilana Neumann, Dominican Republic politician
- Ilana Panich-Linsman (born 1984), American journalist
- Ilana Paul-Binyamin, Israeli academic
- Ilana Salama Ortar (born 1949), Israeli visual artist
- Ilana Raviv (born 1945), Israeli artist
- Ilana Rooderkerk (born 1987), Dutch actor and politician
- Ilana Rovina (1934-2020), Israeli singer
- Ilana Rovner (born 1938), American judge
- Ilana Rubel (born 1972), American politician
- Ilana Sod (born 1973), Mexican television presenter
- Ilana Verdansky, fictional character on the ABC television show Lost.
- Ilana Vered (born 1943), Israeli pianist
- Ilana B. Witten, American neuroscientist
- Ilana Yahav, Israeli artist
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References
[edit]- ^ "Ilana Name Meaning and Origin". All Things Baby Names. 8 March 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
- ^ Black, George Fraser (1946). The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History. New York Public Library. p. 245.
- ^ Farmer, David Hugh (2004). The Names of the Saints. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860956-0.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Klein, Erich (1987). Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-08209-2.
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