Lilias
English
Alternative forms
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”).
Proper noun
Lilias
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1864, Frances Eleanor Trollope, The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble, in 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.
- 1864, Frances Eleanor Trollope, The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble, in All the Year Round, Aug 11th, 1866, page 100