Lylia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Lylia by the numbers
Lylia was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lylia
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 Lylia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lydiafrom Lydia, region in Asia Minor3,318 in the US (2017)
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilialily flower; related to Liliana85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lyviafrom Livius; a form of Livia24 in the US (2017)
- Luliafeminine form derived from Julius; a variant spelling5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lelia30 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lylia
Names that are said the same way as Lylia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lillialily flower; variant of lillia or lilia32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilyalily flower; a form of Lily12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilliahlily flower; a form of Lily3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liliahnight flower; a form of Lilith5 in the US (2017)
- Liela9 in the US (2017)
- Lillya6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lylia
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