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 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, Ileana Cosânzeana is a mythological feminine figure represented as a beautiful good-natured princess, embodying the concept of feminine beauty. Ileana or Illeana may refer to:

Ileana

 * Princess Ileana of Romania (1909–1991)
 * Ileana Beltrán, Cuban judoka
 * Ileana Cabra, Puerto Rican singer
 * Ileana Citaristi, Italian dancer
 * Ileana Cosânzeana, figure in Romanian mythology
 * Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian opera soprano
 * Illeana Douglas, American actress
 * Ileana D'Cruz, Indian-born Portuguese actress
 * Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Romanian fencer
 * Ileana Ongar, 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, Bulgarian canoe sprinter
 * Iliana Ortega, Mexican artist
 * Iliana Raeva, Bulgarian gymnast
 * Iliana Ruzza, Venezuelan public official
 * Iliana Yotova, Bulgarian politician

Places

 * Ileana, a commune in Călăraşi County, Romania
 * Ileana, a village in Glodeanu Sărat Commune, Buzău County, Romania
 * Ilenuța, a village in Fălești District, Moldova

Fictional characters

 * Illeana Scott, played by Angelina Jolie in Taking Lives

Literature

 * Ileana Cosânzeana, a figure in Romanian folk literature
 * Ileana Sinziana, a Romanian fairy tale