Lily Forename
3,741st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 281,184 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu
Lily 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.
Read More About This ForenameLily Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 40,837 | 1:8,878 | 1,008 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 29,159 | 1:8,847 | 1,195 |
| Philippines | 99% | 22,613 | 1:4,688 | 797 |
| England | 100% | 20,411 | 1:2,724 | 393 |
| India | 100% | 18,047 | 1:67,317 | 8,709 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 11,271 | 1:6,550 | 761 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 10,864 | 1:2,803 | 276 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,282 | 1:2,625 | 415 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9,806 | 1:16,262 | 1,936 |
| Peru | 100% | 9,177 | 1:3,464 | 578 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,351 | 1:3,968 | 671 |
| Egypt | 100% | 7,743 | 1:11,869 | 1,072 |
| China | - | 7,661 | 1:178,313 | 15,949 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,174 | 1:7,500 | 1,053 |
| Madagascar | - | 5,139 | 1:4,598 | 948 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4,142 | 1:9,888 | 994 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,579 | 1:15,237 | 2,303 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,352 | 1:29,105 | 3,514 |
| Australia | - | 3,031 | 1:4,506 | 623 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,978 | 1:59,625 | 4,082 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2,809 | 1:44,195 | 1,784 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,740 | 1:3,869 | 668 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,264 | 1:7,466 | 1,026 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2,018 | 1:7,982 | 793 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,853 | 1:9,502 | 740 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,569 | 1:3,410 | 389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,273 | 1:6,404 | 666 |
| Colombia | 96% | 1,259 | 1:37,950 | 1,962 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,188 | 1:3,909 | 435 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,173 | 1:59,732 | 6,061 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,007 | 1:29,992 | 2,155 |
| Cambodia | 95% | 971 | 1:16,759 | 1,668 |
| Singapore | 100% | 893 | 1:7,040 | 1,234 |
| Wales | 100% | 864 | 1:3,581 | 506 |
| France | 100% | 845 | 1:78,663 | 1,936 |
| Belgium | 100% | 801 | 1:14,345 | 1,295 |
| Russia | 98% | 761 | 1:189,532 | 2,874 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 754 | 1:13,835 | 1,454 |
| Malawi | 88% | 740 | 1:23,125 | 2,002 |
| Honduras | 100% | 738 | 1:11,948 | 1,107 |
| Hong Kong | - | 723 | 1:10,723 | 964 |
| New Zealand | - | 716 | 1:6,335 | 810 |
| Ecuador | - | 707 | 1:25,073 | 1,310 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| Brazil | 100% | 636 | 1:336,849 | 12,617 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 576 | 1:14,260 | 1,197 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 520 | 1:101,516 | 5,628 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Taiwan | 75% | 519 | 1:45,799 | 7,058 |
| Brunei | - | 484 | 1:867 | 80 |
| Germany | 100% | 483 | 1:200,161 | 3,109 |
| Argentina | 100% | 474 | 1:90,239 | 1,787 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 473 | 1:32,608 | 3,193 |
| Poland | 100% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| Zambia | - | 393 | 1:40,343 | 2,734 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 378 | 1:1,537 | 290 |
| Jamaica | - | 373 | 1:7,730 | 982 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 352 | 1:61,393 | 3,755 |
| Denmark | - | 294 | 1:19,216 | 1,168 |
| Spain | 100% | 289 | 1:161,003 | 3,655 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 273 | 1:22,045 | 1,592 |
| Mali | 50% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Sweden | 100% | 221 | 1:44,606 | 2,432 |
| Japan | - | 207 | 1:618,290 | 12,198 |
| Panama | 100% | 206 | 1:18,964 | 1,918 |
| Czechia | 97% | 202 | 1:52,753 | 860 |
| Qatar | 100% | 192 | 1:12,342 | 1,987 |
| Greece | 100% | 186 | 1:58,788 | 1,947 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Estonia | 100% | 160 | 1:8,221 | 1,016 |
| Botswana | 100% | 158 | 1:13,826 | 1,833 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 141 | 1:50,723 | 4,577 |
| El Salvador | - | 133 | 1:47,683 | 1,555 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 131 | 1:10,393 | 1,533 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 129 | 1:4,372 | 513 |
| Vietnam | - | 119 | 1:778,345 | 2,403 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 118 | 1:29,048 | 1,338 |
| Cuba | - | 111 | 1:103,663 | 2,068 |
| Mauritius | - | 109 | 1:11,906 | 1,439 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Afghanistan | 92% | 98 | 1:332,893 | 6,765 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Armenia | 99% | 87 | 1:33,549 | 1,515 |
| Belize | 100% | 87 | 1:4,073 | 864 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 86 | 1:21,432 | 998 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Italy | 100% | 80 | 1:763,276 | 7,180 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 72 | 1:49,310 | 1,381 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 69 | 1:69,101 | 2,644 |
| Ivory Coast | 79% | 67 | 1:344,417 | 14,507 |
| South Korea | - | 59 | 1:93,973 | 4,901 |
| Liberia | 100% | 58 | 1:76,070 | 3,552 |
| Norway | 100% | 53 | 1:96,836 | 3,172 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 52 | 1:139,169 | 2,826 |
| Belarus | 92% | 45 | 1:210,720 | 1,779 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Moldova | - | 45 | 1:79,136 | 1,109 |
| Finland | 100% | 44 | 1:124,618 | 2,648 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Iran | - | 43 | 1:1,825,509 | 11,747 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Guyana | 100% | 41 | 1:18,616 | 2,362 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 37 | 1:479,644 | 7,191 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 36 | 1:5,398,824 | 50,380 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 34 | 1:72,316 | 2,474 |
| Jersey | - | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Myanmar | - | 29 | 1:1,791,320 | 876 |
| Austria | 100% | 25 | 1:340,568 | 3,811 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 25 | 1:735,179 | 22,242 |
| Hungary | 100% | 25 | 1:391,671 | 1,580 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Haiti | 100% | 20 | 1:536,348 | 12,729 |
| Israel | 99% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 18 | 1:3,406 | 692 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Jordan | - | 17 | 1:519,222 | 3,906 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| Bulgaria | - | 15 | 1:466,026 | 7,553 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 14 | 1:292,517 | 7,461 |
| Senegal | 91% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Congo | 100% | 13 | 1:385,323 | 7,484 |
| Nepal | - | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Namibia | - | 10 | 1:240,418 | 5,231 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 9 | 1:226,666 | 15,149 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Georgia | 100% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Romania | - | 8 | 1:2,506,497 | 24,627 |
| Serbia | 100% | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Bahamas | - | 7 | 1:57,053 | 1,294 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Nauru | 100% | 5 | 1:2,385 | 265 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Niger | 50% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Transnistria | - | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Lilý (2) & Líly (1) are calculated separately.
Lily (14,621) may also be a surname.
Lily 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.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Occasionally LILLY. Probably a contraction of Lilian; or direct from English lily.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (feminine) - All significant of fairness.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: The bloom. (Greek) Symbol of purity.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 7,038 (2014)
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