Ileana (also Illeana, Iliana, Eleana, Eliana) is a female given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Elijah. It has been adapted for Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Italian and Spanish (in Spanish there is also Ilean and in Romanian Ileana).[1] In Romanian it is a form of the name "Helen" (another form is Elena), and a hypocoristic for Ileana is Nuţi (from Elenuţa, Ilenuţa). In Romanian mythology, Ileana Cosânzeana is a mythological feminine figure represented as a beautiful good-natured princess, embodying the concept of feminine beauty. Ileana or Illeana may refer to:
People
editIleana
edit- Princess Ileana of Romania (1909–1991)
- Ileana Beltrán, Cuban judoka
- Ileana Cabra, Puerto Rican singer
- Ileana Citaristi, Italian dancer
- Ileana Cosânzeana, figure in Romanian mythology
- Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian opera soprano
- Illeana Douglas, American actress
- Ileana D'Cruz, Indian-born Portuguese actress
- Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Romanian fencer
- Ileana Ongar, former Italian hurdler
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, member of the US House of Representatives
- Ileana Salvador, former Italian race walker
- Ileana Sararoiu (1936–1979), Romanian singer
- Ileana Silai, Romanian runner
- Ileana Sonnabend, Romanian art dealer
Iliana
edit- Iliana Biridakis, Jordanian archer
- Iliana Fox, English-born Mexican actress
- Iliana Hernández, Cuban journalist
- Iliana Ivanova, Bulgarian politician and economist
- Iliana Nikolova, Bulgarian canoe sprinter
- Iliana Ortega, Mexican artist
- Iliana Raeva, Bulgarian gymnast
- Iliana Ruzza, Venezuelan public official
- Iliana Yotova, Bulgarian politician
Places
edit- Ileana, a commune in Călăraşi County, Romania
- Ileana, a village in Glodeanu Sărat Commune, Buzău County, Romania
- Ilenuța, a village in Fălești District, Moldova
Fictional characters
edit- Illeana Scott, played by Angelina Jolie in Taking Lives
Literature
edit- Ileana Cosânzeana, a figure in Romanian folk literature
- Ileana Sinziana, a Romanian fairy tale
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 142. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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