Idolene...?

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever heard of the name Idolene? My father sent me a genealogy chart, and I'm shocked to find out that my grandmother's real name was Idolene (I always knew her to be Lillian). I never met this grandmother, and she died when my dad was like 5 or 6, so he didn't really get to know her either. I'm just curious how you'd SAY this name, what it means, etc. I looked it up on babynames.com, with no luck. Don't know where else to try. I'm guessing it's Italian, as her parents were from Italy. Any ideas?

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[missinfinity.livejournal.com]

I found Idolena, as Spanish, "Derived from the Latin term idolum meaning likeness or idol." on babynamesworld (I think that's the right plural). So maybe it is the Italian?