Iliona as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Iliona

What is the meaning of the name Iliona ?

The baby name Iliona is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ih-LEE-oh-nuh.

Iliona is Greek in Origin.

Iliona traces to Ancient Greek Ἰλιόνη (Ilionē), formed from Ἴλιον (Ílion), the poetic name of Troy, with a feminine suffix. The sense is “woman of Ilion,” hence “Trojan” or “from Ilium.” Latin authors record the form Ilione/Iliona, and the root also underlies the title of Homer’s Iliad.

In myth, Iliona is named as the eldest daughter of Priam and Hecuba, married to King Polymestor of Thrace; her story centers on protecting her brother Polydorus. As a given name it remained rare outside classical literature, seeing modest revival during Renaissance and later neoclassical naming fashions; contemporary use appears occasionally in France, Belgium, Greece, and Italy. Variants and scholarly spellings include Ilione and the Greek-transliterated Ilionē; Ilona and Iliana are merely look-alikes with different roots. The name’s meaning highlights origin or allegiance rather than the light-themed senses of those separate names.