Lili
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning lily; a diminutive of Lilith or Lilia.
Lili by the numbers
In 2025, 72 babies in England and Wales were named Lili. In the US, 61 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 139 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Lilith
Like Lili, each of these traces back to Lilith: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillithnight or screech owl; a form of Lilith109 in the US (2017)
- Lylithof the night; a variant spelling of Lilith8 in the US (2017)
- Liliahnight flower; a form of Lilith5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lili. 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)
- Lilialily flower; related to Liliana85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillilily; a form of Lily or Lillian74 in the US (2017)
- Liviolive tree; diminutive of Olivia43 in the US (2017)
- Lilolily; a form of Lili or Liliane9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Lili
Names that are said the same way as Lili, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a lily
Like Lili, each of these has a lily in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Lillianalily; pure flower; a form of Lillian1,108 in the US (2017)
- Lilianlily flower; form of Lily506 in the US (2017)
- Lilyanalily flower; a form of Lillian443 in the US (2017)
- Liliannalily flower; graceful lily393 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lili
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