Lilja
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning lily flower; symbol of purity.
Lilja by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Lilja. In the US, 8 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 14 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lilja. 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)
- Lilialily flower; related to Liliana85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillalilac flower; diminutive form33 in the US (2017)
- Lilyalily flower; a form of Lily12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilijalily flower; symbol of purity8 in the US (2017)
- Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a lily
Like Lilja, each of these has a lily in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
Other names that mean purity
Like Lilja, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lilja
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