Given name & surname · also Spanish
Lilias
“resembling the lily”
Lilias is a variant of Lillian. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lilias is a variant of Lillian. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the lily.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lilias possibly comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Late Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Spanish Liliosa, from Late Latin lilium (“lily”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lilias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 0 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,301 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,301 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 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.
Lilias’s family of names
Lilias has a related form in Lillian. In English usage, Lilias has a related form in Lilian. In English usage, Lilias has a related form in LILIOSA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lilias
- Lilias ArmstrongBritish phonetician (1882-1937)
- Lilias TrotterBritish artist and missionary (1853-1928)
- Lilias Torrance NewtonCanadian painter (1896-1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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