Lilian Forename
Approximately 1,124,061 people bear this name
Lilian Forename Definition:
A female name. these names probably originated as pet-forms of Elizabeth (q.v.), cf. the German Lili for Elisabeth. Lillian is found as a christian name in England in the 16th C and Lillias at about the same time in Scotland; Lilian occurs as a surname as early as 1273 and looks like a diminutive in -on of Lily.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 152,910 | 1:303 | 41 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 120,989 | 1:436 | 66 |
| Brazil | 97% | 116,902 | 1:1,833 | 286 |
| China | - | 115,564 | 1:11,821 | 1,960 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 82,105 | 1:2,163 | 406 |
| Uganda | 100% | 53,688 | 1:763 | 135 |
| England | 100% | 40,159 | 1:1,385 | 270 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 30,426 | 1:529 | 105 |
| Philippines | 99% | 28,195 | 1:3,760 | 665 |
| Zambia | - | 26,738 | 1:593 | 127 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 23,484 | 1:657 | 109 |
| United States | 100% | 20,254 | 1:17,900 | 1,538 |
| Honduras | 100% | 19,987 | 1:441 | 64 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 19,831 | 1:365 | 61 |
| Argentina | 100% | 17,080 | 1:2,504 | 309 |
| Chile | 100% | 15,843 | 1:1,111 | 211 |
| Sudan | 67% | 13,485 | 1:2,804 | 493 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11,974 | 1:10,368 | 889 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,860 | 1:1,425 | 296 |
| El Salvador | - | 11,268 | 1:563 | 101 |
| Ecuador | - | 11,104 | 1:1,596 | 289 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10,979 | 1:2,751 | 406 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,576 | 1:5,156 | 973 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9,920 | 1:1,725 | 338 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9,327 | 1:2,893 | 446 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 8,412 | 1:1,260 | 299 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8,188 | 1:5,835 | 640 |
| Peru | 99% | 7,582 | 1:4,193 | 662 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,497 | 1:2,883 | 528 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7,215 | 1:1,366 | 230 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7,212 | 1:780 | 158 |
| France | 95% | 7,035 | 1:9,449 | 630 |
| Egypt | 97% | 6,875 | 1:13,367 | 1,180 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 5,529 | 1:620 | 135 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 4,904 | 1:1,662 | 198 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4,593 | 1:2,476 | 533 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4,571 | 1:2,282 | 375 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Denmark | - | 3,455 | 1:1,635 | 290 |
| Cuba | - | 3,282 | 1:3,506 | 459 |
| Moldova | - | 3,001 | 1:1,187 | 176 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,907 | 1:1,064 | 245 |
| Israel | 100% | 2,661 | 1:3,158 | 603 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,626 | 1:12,617 | 1,356 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,503 | 1:38,625 | 1,281 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,167 | 1:119,042 | 12,956 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,128 | 1:2,514 | 332 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,081 | 1:3,947 | 603 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,807 | 1:17,052 | 2,299 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,757 | 1:19,930 | 1,124 |
| Taiwan | 98% | 1,714 | 1:13,868 | 2,645 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,568 | 1:19,420 | 1,977 |
| Spain | 94% | 1,331 | 1:34,959 | 1,661 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,163 | 1:500 | 96 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,133 | 1:17,698 | 1,307 |
| Australia | - | 1,115 | 1:12,249 | 1,050 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,020 | 1:542 | 69 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,002 | 1:1,880 | 439 |
| Botswana | 100% | 791 | 1:2,762 | 495 |
| Jamaica | - | 749 | 1:3,849 | 684 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 748 | 1:8,046 | 943 |
| Estonia | 100% | 682 | 1:1,929 | 433 |
| Portugal | - | 627 | 1:16,604 | 853 |
| Singapore | 100% | 583 | 1:10,784 | 1,913 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Ireland | 100% | 548 | 1:8,474 | 656 |
| Congo | 100% | 548 | 1:9,141 | 1,203 |
| Panama | 100% | 471 | 1:8,294 | 1,185 |
| Russia | 50% | 450 | 1:320,519 | 4,070 |
| Belgium | 100% | 443 | 1:25,937 | 1,761 |
| Namibia | - | 438 | 1:5,489 | 790 |
| Poland | 67% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Finland | 100% | 376 | 1:14,583 | 951 |
| Hong Kong | - | 359 | 1:21,595 | 2,163 |
| Austria | 100% | 356 | 1:23,916 | 1,000 |
| India | 99% | 347 | 1:3,501,089 | 151,162 |
| Norway | 100% | 337 | 1:15,229 | 1,053 |
| Greece | 100% | 316 | 1:34,603 | 1,413 |
| Jordan | 100% | 301 | 1:29,325 | 1,245 |
| Malta | - | 295 | 1:1,455 | 306 |
| Thailand | 84% | 294 | 1:238,319 | 14,711 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 264 | 1:590 | 189 |
| Hungary | 100% | 236 | 1:41,491 | 515 |
| Czechia | 99% | 227 | 1:46,943 | 822 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 224 | 1:21,285 | 1,419 |
| New Zealand | - | 218 | 1:20,808 | 1,614 |
| Qatar | 100% | 207 | 1:11,447 | 1,810 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 194 | 1:9,501 | 744 |
| Belize | 100% | 191 | 1:1,855 | 419 |
| Aruba | - | 175 | 1:593 | 84 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Guyana | 100% | 171 | 1:4,464 | 830 |
| Barbados | - | 170 | 1:1,705 | 387 |
| Italy | 96% | 166 | 1:367,844 | 4,325 |
| DR Congo | 63% | 116 | 1:636,445 | 21,039 |
| Liberia | 98% | 114 | 1:38,702 | 2,205 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Jersey | - | 93 | 1:1,075 | 232 |
| Syria | - | 91 | 1:212,155 | 2,362 |
| Palestine | 100% | 79 | 1:57,596 | 1,563 |
| Dominica | - | 72 | 1:1,048 | 193 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 72 | 1:18,909 | 2,304 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Japan | - | 69 | 1:1,854,870 | 19,144 |
| Iran | 100% | 66 | 1:1,189,346 | 9,389 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 58 | 1:35,172 | 3,941 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 52 | 1:1,055 | 233 |
| Bulgaria | 71% | 41 | 1:170,497 | 4,625 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 41 | 1:11,601 | 359 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| Cape Verde | - | 27 | 1:19,598 | 1,480 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 25 | 1:7,113 | 1,099 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 24 | 1:36,295 | 1,736 |
| Croatia | 100% | 23 | 1:183,351 | 3,362 |
| Grenada | 100% | 22 | 1:4,915 | 816 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 21 | 1:169,062 | 2,383 |
| Turkey | 100% | 20 | 1:3,890,085 | 19,888 |
| Armenia | 100% | 17 | 1:171,691 | 3,368 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Serbia | 100% | 17 | 1:420,337 | 4,618 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 16 | 1:447,000 | 16,807 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 15 | 1:1,538,396 | 39,344 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 14 | 1:416 | 118 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 11 | 1:1,670,861 | 39,584 |
| Iceland | 100% | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Belarus | 80% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Senegal | - | 8 | 1:1,822,670 | 12,813 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,018 | 922 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Georgia | 86% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Lílian (524) are calculated separately.
Lilian (4,739) may also be a surname.
Lilian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. these names probably originated as pet-forms of Elizabeth (q.v.), cf. the German Lili for Elisabeth. Lillian is found as a christian name in England in the 16th C and Lillias at about the same time in Scotland; Lilian occurs as a surname as early as 1273 and looks like a diminutive in -on of Lily. Some of the many surnames Lilly, Lilley, Lyly, Liley, &c., may be from a christian name Lily, though it is not on record earlier than the 19th C, when it has no longer any connexion with Lilian, but is merely a flower- name adopted as a christian name. Lilias or Lillias has remained principally a Scottish name. Lillah appears to be a 19th-C invention, perhaps a mixture of Lily and Leila (q.v.).
Which Charlotte Yonge thinks is, radically, the same as Neopolitan Liliola, Venetian Ziliola or Zilia, Latin Celia, from celum (cœlum), ‘the heavens,’ ‘the sky.’ This is probably so, but there was, at an early period in Christian symbolism, a confusion—or perhaps rather a fusion—with Latin lilium (plural lilia), ‘a lily,’ for ‘in Christian art the lily is the emblem of chastity, purity, and innocence’ (Swan).
A female name. from the Latin lilium, a lily.
Latin (feminine) - Lily, fig. purity.
Latin (feminine) - All significant of fairness.
A Latin name, meaning: A lily.
Lilian Forename Popularity
Lilian Demographics
Lilian Religious Adherence
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Lilian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lilian in the Russian language | ||
| Лилиан | lilian | - |
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