Lily

See also: lily

English

Etymology

A 19th-century flower name, from lily. Also a diminutive of Lilian and sometimes Elizabeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪli/

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• Rhymes: -ɪli

Proper noun

Lily

1. A female given name from English. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
   • 1866, Frances Eleanor Trollope, "The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble", 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.

   • 2001 Catherine Coulter: Hemlock Bay. Jove, 2002. →ISBN page 57:

     "Lily is such a romantic name. It sounds to me like soft music; it's the sort of name to make one dream of fanciful things."

     Lily smiled. "It's my grandmother's name. Coincidence, maybe, but she grew the most beautiful lilies."

Translations

female given name meaning "lily"

• Estonian: Liilia
• Finnish: Lilja (fi)
• Japanese: 百合 (ja) (yuri)
• Latvian: Lilija f
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• Maori: Riria
• Spanish: Azucena (es) f

See also

• Lillie

Anagrams

• illy

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Lily, from lily.

Proper noun

Lily

1. a female given name from English
2. (urban legend) an ungo that terrorized Cebu in the late 90s