If you didn't figure it out from the tree frog reference, Ilan means tree. My name means lion, kind of. Lion should technically be Arieh. My mom says she got the name from the Leon Uris book the Exodus, also a movie starring Paul Newman. My dad, Abba in Hebrew, insists I was named after the ex Prime Minister and Isralie national hero Ariel Sharon. Go figure, most people now associate my name with the hbo entourage character Ari Gold.
Ya know Russians don't have a J sound in their alphabet. If they talk about the Beatles they call John and George, Dzohn and Dzheordzh.
