LILIAN  

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

Popularity in 2008: #435

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.

Variations:
Lillyan, Lily, Lila, Lillianne, Lilies, Lilyann, Lilly, Lillyanne, Lilyanne, Lillia, Lilyan, Lilianne, Liliann, Lillie

International Variations:
Lilya, Lilja (Finnish) Liliane (French) Lili, Lilli (German) Lilis, Lilika (Greek) Lilia, Lilieana (Hawaiian) Liljana (Polish) Lelya, Liliya (Russian) Liliosa, Liliana, Lilias (Spanish)

Lilian is being discussed in our message boards:

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Read Nameberry blog posts about Lilian:

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