Ileana
female given name
Ileana is a feminine given name commonly used in Romanian and other Romance language-speaking countries such as Spain and Italy.
Etymology and meaning
The name Ileana is derived from the Greek name Helénē (Ἑλένη), meaning "torch" or "light." It is the Romanian and some Romance language forms of the name Helen, historically popular due to the legendary figure Helen of Troy.
Usage
Ileana is primarily used in Romania and Moldova, but variants and related names appear in Italy, Spain, and other Romance language countries.
In Romanian folklore, the name is associated with the character Ileana Cosânzeana, a beautiful and heroic fairy princess often portrayed as the idealized woman or goddess of love and beauty. She appears in numerous Romanian fairy tales as a symbol of purity and grace.
“Ileana” enters the record as female given name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ileana, female and given can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Ileana” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Ileana, female and given provides the most credible route into that argument.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4200079. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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