as a Last Name
- 23,041
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Lilly
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2. 2. nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium).The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles. 3. habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 23,041
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Lilly per capita
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