Lilan
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Lilan by the numbers
Lilan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Lilan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lilan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilianlily flower; form of Lily506 in the US (2017)
- Liangraceful willow or connected244 in the US (2017)
- Lilyanlily flower; a respelling of Lillian71 in the US (2017)
- Lilacthe lilac flower15 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Lilan
Names that are said the same way as Lilan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lillynnlily flower; modern respelling of Lillian5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lilan
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