The baby name Lilian is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈlɪliən/ (LIL-ee-ən).
Lilian is English in Origin.
The baby name Lilian is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈlɪliən/ (LIL-ee-ən).
Lilian is English in Origin.
Lilian is an English and French given name ultimately related to the Latin lilium, “lily.” In English it appears as a streamlined variant of Lillian, which itself arose from medieval pet-forms of Elizabeth (Lill/Lily) later reinforced by the fashionable flower name; in French, Lilian also functions as a masculine form corresponding to feminine Liliane. The core meaning evokes the lily’s symbolism of purity and renewal.
The name saw steady use in Britain from the late 19th century, rising with other floral names of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and it remains familiar in the wider Anglophone world through the present revival of vintage choices. In France, Lilian became established for men in the 20th century, helped by figures such as footballer Lilian Thuram. Variants and related forms include Lillian, Liliane, Liliana, Lilia, Lilián, and diminutives Lily, Lili, and Lilly.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2023 | #1 | — | 897 |
| Germany | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 411 |
| FJ | 0 | #6 | 1 | 374 | |
| FJ | Girls | 0 | #9 | 1 | 583 |
| SV | Girls | 0 | #15 | 4 | 458 |
| BW | 0 | #19 | 1 | 960 | |
| HN | 0 | #19 | 4 | 704 | |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #19 | 18 | 884 |
| MV | 0 | #19 | 1 | 644 | |
| EE | 0 | #33 | 5 | 1,051 | |
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| MD | 0 | #34 | 1 | 434 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| ID | 0 | #38 | 2 | 2,238 | |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #40 | 58 | 756 |
| MT | 0 | #42 | 2 | 1,767 | |
| MO | 0 | #43 | 10 | 2,706 | |
| CM | 0 | #49 | 8 | 2,592 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #50 | 5,451 | 15,093 |
| HN | Boys | 0 | #51 | 2 | 749 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #56 | 1,354 | 7,500 |
| CY | 0 | #58 | 3 | 1,632 | |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #62 | 2,271 | 6,731 |
| JP | 0 | #69 | 9 | 4,057 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #74 | 81 | 3,773 |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| CN | 0 | #80 | 7 | 3,857 | |
| BG | 0 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| TW | 0 | #82 | 19 | 4,523 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #83 | 69 | 4,216 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #93 | 14 | 5,459 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #100 | 3 | 3,319 |
| QA | 0 | #101 | 6 | 7,011 | |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| PH | 0 | #104 | 7 | 5,607 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #104 | 1,015 | 18,916 |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #108 | 1 | 1,564 |
| OM | 0 | #113 | 9 | 6,215 | |
| HU | 0 | #114 | 2 | 1,675 | |
| EC | 0 | #117 | 5 | 2,502 | |
| Norway | Girls | 2024 | #118 | 4 | 444 |
| KW | 0 | #118 | 4 | 5,216 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #121 | 5 | 3,755 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #125 | 11 | 1,786 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #126 | 13 | 1,888 |
| GT | 0 | #127 | 224 | 5,948 | |
| NG | 0 | #127 | 143 | 5,926 | |
| GR | 0 | #128 | 8 | 3,911 | |
| PA | 0 | #130 | 9 | 3,797 | |
| IQ | 0 | #131 | 3 | 3,533 | |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #132 | 1,344 | 9,488 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #134 | 4 | 1,769 |
| MU | 0 | #136 | 2 | 3,613 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #137 | 1 | 1,651 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #139 | 3,276 | 14,098 |
| JO | 0 | #139 | 2 | 2,158 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #142 | 38 | 1,568 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #144 | 3,606 | 12,708 |
| UY | 0 | #144 | 34 | 2,477 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 4,685 |
| BR | 0 | #159 | 219 | 5,969 | |
| CR | 0 | #163 | 3 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #163 | 5 | 3,171 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #164 | 78 | 3,650 |
| AE | 0 | #167 | 11 | 10,220 | |
| SG | 0 | #169 | 104 | 11,010 | |
| AR | 0 | #172 | 15 | 2,915 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #172 | 193 | 6,973 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #176 | 10 | 4,850 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #179 | 67 | 6,592 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #184 | 151 | 7,429 |
| CZ | 0 | #185 | 2 | 3,154 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #187 | 93 | 8,139 |
| DK | 0 | #188 | 16 | 5,198 | |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #190 | 62 | 7,056 |
| Belgium | Boys | 2015 | #193 | 26 | 406 |
| RU | 0 | #193 | 2 | 3,641 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #195 | 30 | 7,146 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #202 | 22 | 3,308 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #202 | 1,980 | 5,933 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #207 | 36 | 6,293 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #209 | 9 | 4,575 |
| CL | 0 | #210 | 249 | 6,867 | |
| GH | 0 | #210 | 34 | 5,396 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #216 | 5 | 4,970 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #218 | 3 | 3,850 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #221 | 140 | 8,829 |
| PS | 0 | #221 | 6 | 5,692 | |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #225 | 723 | 8,289 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #227 | 59 | 2,795 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #227 | 5 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #229 | 3 | 4,221 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #231 | 604 | 16,104 |
| BO | 0 | #235 | 154 | 6,868 | |
| MY | 0 | #235 | 100 | 12,352 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #241 | 1,489 | 3,895 |
| PT | 0 | #243 | 8 | 4,161 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| HK | 0 | #246 | 105 | 8,483 | |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #248 | 150 | 2,865 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #248 | 12 | 7,507 |
| NL | 0 | #248 | 149 | 2,481 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #249 | 79 | 7,570 |
| PE | 0 | #252 | 59 | 6,350 | |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #255 | 2 | 7,111 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #257 | 60 | 15,378 |
| IL | 0 | #261 | 14 | 6,291 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #277 | 115 | 13,098 |
| SA | 0 | #282 | 14 | 10,560 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #292 | 3 | 3,687 |
| Finland | 0 | #297 | 11 | 830 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #299 | 7 | 6,530 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #303 | 1,421 | 14,861 |
| Canada | Boys | 2023 | #305 | 5 | 2,601 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #306 | 257 | 11,671 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #306 | 1,171 | 24,821 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #306 | 91 | 15,987 |
| MX | 0 | #309 | 105 | 8,339 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #311 | 176 | 9,861 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #311 | 35 | 7,678 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #312 | 81 | 1,368 |
| EG | 0 | #321 | 81 | 6,387 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #326 | 16 | 5,378 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #327 | 1,844 | 16,140 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #329 | 4 | 5,862 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #330 | 3 | 7,401 |
| SY | 0 | #330 | 583 | 11,684 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #339 | 2 | 6,459 |
| CO | 0 | #352 | 132 | 7,768 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #353 | 101 | 7,952 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #356 | 7 | 8,539 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #357 | 5 | 8,138 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #360 | 5 | 5,096 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #363 | 7 | 8,477 |
| YE | 0 | #369 | 13 | 8,639 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #373 | 9 | 7,951 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #380 | 20 | 5,922 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #389 | 116 | 11,303 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #391 | 30 | 1,885 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #391 | 249 | 11,648 |
| ZA | 0 | #391 | 57 | 14,421 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #393 | 161 | 20,968 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #397 | 130 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #402 | 114 | 19,177 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #403 | 3 | 3,185 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #404 | 3 | 8,413 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #404 | 130 | 11,342 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1,376 | 25,928 |
| Germany | 0 | #413 | 25 | 2,542 | |
| Spain | 0 | #414 | 39 | 2,326 | |
| LB | 0 | #421 | 259 | 13,263 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1,567 | 17,781 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #446 | 766 | 5,561 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #450 | 542 | 8,487 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #454 | 21 | 7,625 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #470 | 36 | 12,621 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #474 | 25 | 11,913 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #477 | 7 | 7,628 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #496 | 595 | 14,742 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| BH | 0 | #508 | 46 | 17,937 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #509 | 22 | 8,334 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #514 | 35 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #517 | 34 | 12,054 |
| LY | 0 | #518 | 18 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #541 | 12 | 10,162 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #554 | 4 | 12,905 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #576 | 17 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #579 | 29 | 10,983 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #610 | 337 | 25,931 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #650 | 16 | 13,390 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| IT | 0 | #664 | 51 | 4,183 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #670 | 170 | 4,949 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #689 | 9 | 13,071 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #711 | 41 | 12,213 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| TN | 0 | #807 | 23 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #865 | 14 | 14,506 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #866 | 671 | 9,415 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #885 | 67 | 16,906 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #888 | 43 | 5,610 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #899 | 22 | 15,656 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #913 | 6 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #918 | 8 | 15,035 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #942 | 11 | 5,697 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #962 | 21 | 16,355 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,033 | 144 | 20,130 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,049 | 80 | 20,986 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,100 | 12 | 25,439 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,132 | 342 | 10,046 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 6 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 41 | 25,619 |
| TR | 0 | #1,179 | 33 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,597 | 18 | 28,008 |
Lilian is popular in 89 countries — most recent births per country:
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