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"Iolanthe; or The Peer and the Peri," comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
Iolanthe character in play "King René’s Daughter" by Henrik Hertz, based on Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine
Iolanthe coven name Sydney Sage chooses in Richelle Mead's "Bloodlines" series
Iolanthe Peverell character in J.K. Rowling's "The Potter Family"
Ysabelle the squirrel maiden a main character in Robin Jarvis' novel The Oaken Throne
Hyacinthia Spartan festival celebrating Hyacinthus
Hyacinthia Karen's doll in the The Baby Sitter's Little Sister series (At first she was going to name her Cinthia, but after saying 'Hiya Cinthia!' she realised Hyacinthia was the perfect name.)
Illumination Studios animators of "Minions" fame
Ibby protagonist of "The Boy in the Biscuit Tin"
Ibby main character of SICK KIDS IN LOVE (full name Isabel)
Io one of the Galilean moons
Io meaning of "I" in Italian
Io Echo American indie,rock band
Io meaning of "Something" in Esperanto
Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland and known as "The Queen of the Hebrides."
Ionia a Magypsy in the video game "Mother 3"
Capricorn Ionia character in the anime "Saint Seiya Omega"
Ionian Sea an arm of the Mediterranean
Ionian School first group of philosophers that we know of; can also refer to the art movement
The Turkish name for Greece Yunanistan, literally means "Land of the Ionians." Ionia also yielded the name for the country in Arabic and Hindi (Yunan). The place name (which Herodotus credits to an ancestral Ion, son of Apollo and Creusa) is probably pre,Greek, perhaps related to Sa
"The Ionians delighted in wanton dances and songs more than the rest of the Greeks ... and wanton gestures were proverbially termed Ionic motions." [Thomas Robinson "Archaeologica Graeca," 1807]
"Ionian mode" is musical terminology meaning "in a major key"
Idunn also known as Idun, Norse goddess of youth
Norwegian ketchup brand
Idony St. Clair a blind umbrella,wielding lass in "The Silver Eye", a webcomic by Laura Hollingsworth
In use in medieval England as a vernacular form of Idonea. Both Idony and Idonea stem from the Old Norse Idunn, literally probably 'perform love' (or possibly 'to love again'), the Norse goddess of spring and immortality.
Imagine Dragons American rock band
"Imagine" song by John Lennon
"Infinity " song by One Direction
Infinity Jackson character on Netflix's "The Politician"
Ikea Swedish furniture chain
Ikea pseudonym of Phoebe Buffay on TV's "Friends"
Can mean "gorgeous/magnificence/bravery" or "painting" in Mandarin Chinese depending on the characters used
Huali Chinese car manufacturer
Imena is Serbian for "name". Probably someone's already mentioned it :)
See HONOR
'Mrs Honour' Blackmore maid to Sophia Western in Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones (1749)
Ilia character in Mozart's "Idomeneo"
Ilia character in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
Ilia character in "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess", daughter of the mayor of Ordon
Ilia aka Rhea Silvia mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman mythology
Ilia Amitola character from RWBY
Titular character of the RPG game "Ib"
Imperia a concrete statue in Konstanz, Germany commemorating the Council of Constance (1414,18)
Bel imperia, a character in "The Spanish Tragedy" (1582,92)
William "Will" Byers character in "Stranger Things"
William Patterson female character on TV's "Blindspot"