Lile
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lile by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Lile.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Lile
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 Lile. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lililily; a diminutive of Lilith or Lilia72 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilolily; a form of Lili or Liliane9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilielily flower; a form of lily or liliana13 in the US (2017)
- Lilulily flower; symbol of purity8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lile
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