Entry № 4482 · Romanian origin

Ileana Ileana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ee-LEH-ah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Romanian
Meaning
"Bright one (Romanian Helen)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Romanian)

A name that means "bright one (romanian helen)".

Ileana is the Romanian form of Helen. In Romanian folklore, Ileana Cosânzeana is the fairy princess heroine of countless Romanian fairy tales.

Princess Ileana of Romania (1909-1991) was the daughter of King Ferdinand I.

Bright one. The Romanian fairy princess.

The name in its native script.

Ileana
Transliteration
Ileana
Pronunciation
/ iˈleɪ.ə.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ileana stands.

Ileana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ileanas before her.

Real people
Princess Ileana of Romania
Daughter of King Ferdinand I.
1909 – 1991
In fiction
Ileana Cosânzeana
Romanian fairy-tale heroine.
Romanian folklore

Names connected to Ileana.

The number behind Ileana.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ileana reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.