Lilyian

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lilyian by the numbers

Lilyian was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lilyian

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

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianlily flower; form of Lily506 in the US (2017)
  • Lilyanlily flower; a respelling of Lillian71 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Lillianalily; pure flower; a form of Lillian1,108 in the US (2017)
  • Lilyanalily flower; a form of Lillian443 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lilyian

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