Lilly

English flower name

"lily"

Lilly Origin and Meaning

The name Lilly is a girl's name of English origin meaning "lily".

Lilly may contain one L too many for some people, though this secondary spelling of a name that's become wildly popular is still a popular choice. And the Lilly spelling does feel a bit less wispy, a bit more like a name as opposed to a mere flower, than the slender and delicate Lily. Lilly suggests the long-form Lillian, but it doesn't need to be an abbreviation for anything; Lilly can stand on its own.

However, if you love the flower name but want to make it a little different, you've got to move far beyond Lilly — or Lillian, Liliane, and sisters. You might consider Susannah, which means lily, or a less expected bloom like Azalea or Lotus.

Lilly Rank in US Top 1000

# 259 in the US

Lilly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 931 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lilly

• 259 US 2024
• 931 Nameberry 2025
• 110 England 2023
• 140 Scotland 2024
• 87 Ireland 2018
• 100 Australia 2022
• 97 New Zealand 2022
• 18 Germany 2024
• 24 Sweden 2024
• 21 Norway 2024
• 143 Switzerland 2023
• 37 Dogs 2021
• 25 Cats 2020

20 Names Similar to Lilly

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Lilly.

• Allie
• Lexie
• Alex
• Abby
• Lexi
• Gracie
• Jenna
• Zoey
• Kacey
• Jordan
• Alexa
• Hailey
• Makenzie
• Madison
• Taylor
• Kaylee
• Scarlette
• Savannah
• Brooke
• Ashley

Famous People Named Lilly

• Lillian Lee "Lilly" (McKim) Pulitzer American fashion designer and socialite
• Lilly Ledbetter American women's fair pay activist
• Lilly Singh Canadian YouTuber
• Lilly Scholz Austrian pair skater
• Lilly King American swimmer
• Lilly Winwood English singer; daughter of musician Steve Winwood
• Lilly McDowell daughter of actors Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell

The name Lilly in Pop Culture

• Lilly Rush main character on the TV series "Cold Case"
• Lillian "Lilly" Truscott character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
• Lilly Moscovitz character in the Princess Diaries series
• Lillian "Lilly" Kane character in TV's "Veronica Mars"
• Lilly Gilkeson character in film "The Missing"
• Lilly Berry a character in "Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving
• Lilly Mattock character on British soap "EastEnders"
• "Lilly Turner " 1933 film and its main character
• Liliana "Lilly" Mendoza character in the Young Adult book, "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe", by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Lilly Satou character in the visual novel "Katawa Shoujo"