Lylian
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Lylian by the numbers
Lylian was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Lylian
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 Lylian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lylian
Names that are said the same way as Lylian, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lillyannlily flower and grace; combining Lily and Ann125 in the US (2017)
- Lilyannlily flower and grace; compound name124 in the US (2017)
- Lilyanlily flower; a respelling of Lillian71 in the US (2017)
- Lilyannelily flower and grace; a compound of Lily and Anne70 in the US (2017)
- Lillyanlily flower; a form of Lillian63 in the US (2017)
- Lilliannelily flower; a form of Lillian46 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lylian
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