The baby name Lili’i is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /liˈliʔi/ — approximate: LEE-LEE-EE (with a brief glottal stop before the final 'ee').
Lili’i is Hawaiian in Origin.
The baby name Lili’i is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /liˈliʔi/ — approximate: LEE-LEE-EE (with a brief glottal stop before the final 'ee').
Lili’i is Hawaiian in Origin.
Lili'i is a Hawaiian given name rooted in the adjective liʻiliʻi, which means “small, little, few; humble.” It conveys modesty and tenderness, and is sometimes chosen to honor a cherished or petite child. The apostrophe-like mark represents the ʻokina (glottal stop); in English contexts the diacritics are often dropped, yielding Li'ili'i, Liilii, or Lilii. The name is unisex in Hawaiian tradition but now skews feminine.
Personal names in Hawaiʻi have long drawn from descriptive vocabulary, and Lili'i appears in late-19th- and 20th-century records as well as in contemporary diaspora use. Variants include the orthographically precise Liʻiliʻi and simplified forms noted above. Despite a similar sound, it is not related to the English floral name Lily. In the wider Polynesian family, cognate roots meaning “small” reinforce the name’s core sense of smallness, humility, and affectionate endearment.
Lili’i is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. That usually points to a very rare, regional, or newly coined name. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.
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