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?

Comments

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

'idolene' in Norwegian/Danish is just the plural of 'idol' ;)
My guess is that it's an anglicized version of Idolina/Idolena.

[in_excelsis_dea.livejournal.com]

*laughs* That'd explain it. And that does make sense. Actually, since words that end on "e" in Latin are pronounced as if they end in "a", it very well could be the Italian version of Idolena.