Given name & surname
Lilla
Lilla is a variant of Lily. One English interpretation is “resembling the flower; one who is innocent and beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lilla 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
Lilla is a variant of Lily. An origin associated with Lily is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Lilla as a surname is a feminine form of LILLO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,440
- 0 boys · 4,440 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 85 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,047 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,047 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 85 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,666 as a first name in 2020; 526 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.
Lilla’s family of names
In Italian usage, Lilla as a surname is a feminine form of LILLO. In Hungarian usage, Lilla has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lydia. Lilla has a related form in Lily.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lilla
- Lilla Cabot PerryAmerican artist (1848-1933)
- Lilla Brignoneactress (1913-1984)
- Lilla HansenNorwegian architect (1872–1962)
- Lilla CrawfordAmerican actressborn 2001
- Lilla SiposHungarian football playerborn 1992
- Lilla Minna ÁbrahámHungarian swimmerborn 2006
- Lilla TurányiHungarian footballerborn 1998
- Lilla NagyHungarian football playerborn 1989
- Lilla BarzóHungarian tennis playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Lilla, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Dovie
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Antonina
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Rosina
“horse” · “fame”
>99% girls
Muriel
“of the shining sea”
>99% girls