Lilit
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Lilit by the numbers
Lilit was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Lilit
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 Lilit. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilialily flower; related to Liliana85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lililily; a diminutive of Lilith or Lilia72 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilielily flower; a form of lily or liliana13 in the US (2017)
- Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lilit
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