Lilas
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lilas by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Lilas. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Lilas
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 Lilas. 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)
- Lilacthe lilac flower15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liliaslily flower; symbol of purity8 in the US (2017)
- Lilan6 in the US (2017)
- Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lilas
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