Given name & surname
Lilia
Lilia is a variant of Lily. One English interpretation is “resembling the flower; one who is innocent and beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lilia is a variant of Lily. One English interpretation is “resembling the flower; one who is innocent and beautiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lilia is a variant of Lily. An origin associated with Lily is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lilia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,319
- 5 boys · 14,314 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 315 babies
- 2025
- 315
- #859 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 315 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 859 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (50). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,179 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lilia’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Lilia has a diminutive in LILING. In Hawaiian usage, Lilia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lydia. Lilia has a related form in Lily.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lilia has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LydiaEnglish
- Lilaequivalent
- Lillyequivalent
- Liliequivalent
- Lilliaequivalent
- LilliGerman
- Liliyaequivalent
- Liljaequivalent
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People named Lilia
- Lilia SkalaAustrian-American actress (1896-1994)
- Lília CabralBrazilian actressborn 1957
- Lilia AkhaimovaRussian artistic gymnastborn 1997
- Lilia OsterlohUS tennis playerborn 1978
- Lilia Izquierdovolleyball playerborn 1967
- Lilia AragónMexican actress and politician (1938–2021)
- Lilia PradoMexican actress (1928-2006)
- Lilia DaleItalian actress1919–1991
- Lilia GildeevaRussian journalistborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Kaia
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