Lilian

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English

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Etymology

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

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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.
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Basque

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Lilian anim

  1. a female given name

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Danish

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Lilian

  1. a female given name borrowed from English

Estonian

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Lilian

  1. a female given name borrowed from English
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French

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Lilian m

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

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Lilian f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lilian

Swedish

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Lilian c (genitive Lilians)

  1. a female given name of English origin