Ileana (also Illeana, Iliana, Eleana, Eliana) is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is the feminine form of the male name Elijah. It has been adapted for

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, Italian and Spanish (in Spanish there is also Ilean and in Romanian Ileana). 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 The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and the learned culture, determined by two factors. First, the rural character of the Romanian ...

Ileana Cosânzeana Ileana Cosânzeana is a figure in Romanian mythology. She is represented as a beautiful good-natured princess or daughter of an Emperor,Princess Ileana of Romania Princess Ileana of Romania, also known as Mother Alexandra (23 December 1908 – 21 January 1991), was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his consort, Queen Marie of Romania. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria ...

(1909-1991) *

Ileana Beltrán Ileana Benita Beltrán Zulueta (born May 24, 1971 in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana) is a retired female judoka from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the ...

, Cuban

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* Ileana Cabra, Puerto Rican singer *

Ileana Citaristi Ileana Citaristi is an Italian-born Indian Odissi and Chhau dancer, and dance instructor based in Bhubaneswar, India. She was awarded the 43rd National Film Awards for Best Choreography for ''Yugant'' in 1995 and became, in 2006, the first danc ...

, Italian dancer *

Ileana Cosânzeana Ileana Cosânzeana is a figure in Romanian mythology. She is represented as a beautiful good-natured princess or daughter of an Emperor,Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian opera soprano * Illeana Douglas, American actress * Ileana D'Cruz, Indian-born Portuguese actress *

Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei ( Hungarian: Ilona Gyulai, 12 June 1946 – 25 August 2021) was a Romanian foil fencer. She competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and won team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972, placing fifth in 1964. She ...

, Romanian fencer *

Ileana Ongar Ileana Ongar (born 24 March 1950 in Alexandria) is a former Italian hurdler, that was 8th at 1976 Summer Olympics (110 m hs) and earned four medals at the Mediterranean Games. Biography Ileana Ongar participated at one edition of the Summer Ol ...

, 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

* Iliana Biridakis, Jordanian archer * Iliana Fox, English-born Mexican actress * Iliana Hernández, Cuban journalist * Iliana Ivanova, Bulgarian politician and economist *

Iliana Nikolova Iliana Nikolova is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in diff ...

, Bulgarian canoe sprinter * Iliana Ortega, Mexican artist *

Iliana Raeva ''Iliana'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with ''Iliana romulus'' as type species. The genus has a neotropical distribution. Distribution Species mainly occur in Peru, Brazil ...

, Bulgarian gymnast *

Iliana Ruzza Iliana Josefa Ruzza Terán is a Venezuelan public official who has held different financial positions during the administrations of Hugo Chávez and later of Nicolás Maduro, including director of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Ven ...

, Venezuelan public official * Iliana Yotova, Bulgarian politician

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Ileana 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 Il ...

, a commune in Călăraşi County, Romania * Ileana, a village in

Glodeanu Sărat Glodeanu Sărat is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders ...

Commune, Buzău County, Romania *

Ilenuța Ilenuța is a village in Fălești District, Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, ...

, a village in Fălești District, Moldova

Fictional characters

* Illeana Scott, played by Angelina Jolie in Taking Lives

Literature

Ileana Cosânzeana Ileana Cosânzeana is a figure in Romanian mythology. She is represented as a beautiful good-natured princess or daughter of an Emperor,Ileana Sinziana Ileana (also Illeana, Iliana, Eleana, Eliana) is a female given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Elijah (given name), Elijah. It has been adapted for Romanian language, Romanian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Macedonian language, Ma ...

, a Romanian fairy tale

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Iliana

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