English

Alternative forms

• (the normal U.S. spelling): Lillian

Proper noun

Lilian

1. A female given name.
   • 1830 Alfred Tennyson: Lilian :

     Airy, fairy Lilian, / Flitting, fairy Lilian, / When I ask her if she loves me, / Claps her tiny hands above me, / Laughing all she can.

   • 2004 Willem Dijkstra: May You Live in Interesting Times. iUniverse 2004. ISBN 0595315178 page 77:

     When it was my turn Roger told the crowd that my romanised second and third name, if written as one word in Pinyin, as is now the custom, was exactly like the English girl's name Lilian and he therefore proposed to leave it like that, Lilian being a very pretty name, he said.

Related terms

• Lila, Lil, Lili, Lilia, Liliana, Liliane, Liliane, Lilias, Lilli, Lillia, Lilianna, Lilliana, Lilliane, Lilliann, Lillianna, Lillianne, Lillie, Lilly, Lillyan, Lillyanne, Lily, Lilyan, Lilyann.

Translations

Anagrams

• alliin

Danish

Proper noun

Lilian

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

Estonian

Proper noun

Lilian

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

Related terms

• Liilia
• Lilli

French

Proper noun

Lilian m

1. A male given name, the masculine equivalent of Liliane.

Swedish

Proper noun

Lilian

1. A female given name of English origin.