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Lilias

Lilias

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Proper noun

Lilias

  1. A female given name.
    • 1864 Frances Eleanor Trollope: The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble. All the Year Round, Aug.11th, 1866, page 100:
      "Poor little thing! She is very wee and frail, isn't she? Only two months old. We came away from the north, as soon as I was able to travel. She is called Lily."
      I remembered Horace having once told me that his mother's name had been Lilias.
    • 1909 Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden, Chapter XXVII:
      "Lilias! Lilias!" he answered. "Lilias! Where are you?"
      "In the garden," it came back like a sound from a golden flute.

Etymology

First recorded in 16th century Scotland, a variant of Lilian or possibly from the Spanish Liliosa, name of a 9th century saint, both ultimately from Late Latin lilium ‎(“lily”).

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