Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lille isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lille through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 130
- 0 boys · 130 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 11 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 7 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 321 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lille’s family of names
Lille may belong to the same name family as LILLLE. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Lille, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Lizzie
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Lillie
“resembling the lily”
>99% girls
Lovie
“one who is full of affection”
>99% girls
Lorene
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
>99% girls
Loraine
>99% girls
Lelia
“a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
>99% girls