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What does Lilly mean?
Lilly as a name for girls is a Latin name, and the name Lilly means "lily". Lilly is a version of Lillian (Latin): Flower name. Lilly is also a variant of Lily (Latin): Flower name via Old French.
ASSOCIATED WITH lily (flower)
Variations
VARIANTS Lillie▼, Lilli, Lilley, Lilie, Lilia▲, Lili, Lila▲, Leelee
OTHER FORMS VIA LILLIAN, LILY Lil, Lilas, Lilian▲, Lilias, Lilla▼, Lillia, Lillika, Lillita, Lillyan▼, Lilyan▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Leily, ..
(male) Lille, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lilly Madeline (L.M.), ..
How popular is Lilly?
Lilly is a very prominent first name for women (#732 out of 4276, Top 17%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#1511 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lilly reached its peak rank of #103 in the U.S. in the year 2011, and is currently at #161. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Lilly (#161 IN 2018) are Lily (#31), Lillian (#34), Lila (#224), Lilian (#613), Lillie (#668), Lilia (#1062), Lili, Lilie, Lilla, Lilli, Lillia, Lillyan and Lilyan. These forms of Lilly were favored as baby names 128 years ago (AVERAGE #938) and have become much less conventional since (#1199, 52.3% LESS USAGE), with forms like Lilla becoming somewhat outmoded. Lilia, Lilian, Lila and Lily are four of the more chic baby names in this list.
Similar Names
Lilly is pronounced similarly to Laela, Laila▲, Lailie, Laily, Lala, Laleh, Lali, Lalia, Lallia, Lallie, Lally, Lalya, Layla▲, Leala, Leila▲, Lelia▼, Lellia, Leyla▲, Lilah▲, Loela, Lola, Lolla, Lollie, Lulu▼ and Lyla▲. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ally▼, Bailly, Billy▼, Cally, Cilly, Colly, Delly, Dolly▼, Eily, Elly, Emilly, Gilly, Hally, Hilly, Holly▼, Jilly, Jully, Kally, Kelly▼, Lesly▼, Libby, Liby, Lilac, Lillas, Lindy▼, Linzy, Lisl, Lissy, Livvy, Livy, Lizy, Lizzy, Mally, Melly, Milly, Molly, Nelly, Philly, Polly▼, Reilly▼, Sally▼, Tally, Tilly, Tully, Vally, Wally and Willy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lilly.
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