LILLIAN  

Gender: F
Origin: English from Latin
Meaning: "lily, a flower"

Popularity in 2008: #29

Long dormant since its Lillian Russell-Floradora Girl heyday at the turn of the last century (when it ranked Number 13), Lillian is making a comeback, seen by parents as a more serious and subdued cousin of the megapopular Lily. Lilian is another spelling.

Lillian is being discussed in our message boards:

• BABY NAME GAME - lots of kids, lots of questions!
• Family Of 15--Lots of Multiples Big Family Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Thirteen Kids (and counting..?)!
• How could I get to Lilou as a nn?
• big family game!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Lillian:

• EMMA'S DAUGHTERS
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• NAMING CHARACTERS: A Writer's Take On Names
• THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE
• AUSTRALIAN BABY NAMES: Digging Up Names From Down Under