Lilleigh

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lilleigh by the numbers

Lilleigh was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lilleigh

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 Lilleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lileighlily flower; a modern respelling of Lily18 in the US (2017)
  • Linleigh6 in the US (2017)
  • Lillithnight or screech owl; a form of Lilith109 in the US (2017)
  • Lynleighlily flower; a modern respelling of Lily49 in the US (2017)
  • Lilliahlily flower; a form of Lily3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lexi-Leighdefender of men; meadow; a compound name3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Lilleigh

Names that are said the same way as Lilleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Lilleelily flower; variant of Lily48 in the US (2017)
  • Lilleylily flower; variant spelling of Lily18 in the US (2017)
  • Lilee34 in the US (2017)
  • Lylee6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lilleigh

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