Lilian

• (the normal US spelling): Lillian

Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪli.ən/

Lilian

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 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, →ISBN, 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.

   • 2021 October 14, Kristen Rogers, “Mindful eating could change your food habits and overall life. Here’s how to start”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     These behaviors and mindsets contrast with mindful eating, which means using all your physical and emotional senses to experience and enjoy the food choices you make without judgment, said Lilian Cheung, a lecturer and director of health promotion and communication in the nutrition department at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, via email.

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

• alliin

• IPA^(key): /lilian/ [li.li.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian, -an
• Hyphenation: Li‧li‧an

Lilian anim

1. a female given name

• “Lilian”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia
• Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 271

Lilian

1. a female given name borrowed from English

Lilian

1. a female given name borrowed from English

• Liilia
• Lilli

• IPA^(key): /li.ljɑ̃/

Lilian m

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈliljan/ [ˈli.ljãn]
• Rhymes: -iljan
• Syllabification: Li‧lian

Lilian f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lilian

Lilian c (genitive Lilians)

1. a female given name of English origin