Iliana?

[Rebe90]

Opinions on the girls name Iliana please! It's on our shortlist but very different from our other choices of the very popular Sophie/Emily etc. Thanks

Pronounced Lee-ah-na?

Is there a reason for the double l at the beginning?

I was reading the first letter as an i. If so, it's quite pretty but unusual.

I knew an Eliana..

Gorgeous little thing and I love the name.

Its not an L it's an I, It's IL-e-ahh-na isn't it? I know a little one. It's not a name I would choose but it is pretty. I know an Elyana too.

L or I ?

I can't tell from that if you mean 'ill-ee-ah-nah' or 'Lee-anna'

It’s a beautiful name as long as you don’t mind the confusion about whether it begins with an I or an L. I know a Iulia and she gets all sorts of mad pronunciations (Hoolia, Loolia, eye-oolia).

I named my youngest Liliana after a character from the dragon age games

Thanks for the replies - it's with an i so would be il - e - an - nah if that makes sense 😊

Iliana is beautiful.

Yes very beautiful and not typical which is always a plus.

any cultural connection to the name? I've only met very stern Spanish and Romanian ladies with the name, who terrified me somewhat! I feel it's quite a hard name.

I like it but can't help but read or hear llama.

Pretty. If you want a name that can mature with your baby and that is unique, this is nice indeed. I see no confusion whatsoever.

I know one, she's lovely and so is the name 😊

Really like it!

I don't really like the "ill" sound at the start, so would prefer Liliana or Juliana.

Don’t like the ‘ill’ bit at the beginning. Alannah maybe?

I know a (grown up) Eliana, it’s a love name.

*lovely

Too fussy for me. Not keen.

When typed the initial “I” looks like an “l” so looks like it starts with a double L. So in a waiting room the receptionist willl more likely call out Liana. If you want something fancier than Liana you can avoid this by calling her Liliana.

I find the confusion with I/L hard to fathom, surely names are always written with a capital letter?

I think it’s a lovely name, but I do find myself assuming an Eastern European connection. It’s very pretty in English, and unusual but not bizarre.

It's on our fields name list, DH really loves it. It's one of the mutants in the new generation of X Men with a movie due in the next few years so will possibly get more popular.
We just struggled over what to shorten it to - Illy would be my fear. Yo, Ill!
We were gonna got with Ilyanna for nn Yana

I have never heard it but think it's nice. Great name for a child and adult. I'd love to be an Iliana!

I know an Iliana, an Ilana, an Elana, an Eliana and a Leanna. I like all these names. Iliana is very pretty.