Given name & surname
Lill
“resembling the lily”
In Norwegian use, Lill is a short form of Lillian. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norwegian use, Lill is a short form of Lillian. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the lily.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Lill is a short form of Lillian. In Norwegian usage, Lill is a short form of Lilly.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 1,201 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lill’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Lill is a short form of Lillian. In Norwegian usage, Lill is a short form of Lilly.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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