Given name
Lilyan
“resembling the lily”
Lilyan is a variant of Lillian. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lilyan is a variant of Lillian. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the lily.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lilyan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,339
- 0 boys · 4,339 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 194 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,132 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,132 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 194 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,334 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.
Lilyan’s family of names
Lilyan has a related form in Lillian. In Turkish usage, Lilyan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lilian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lilyan
- Leila MouradEgyptian actor and singer (1918–1995)
- Lilyan TashmanAmerican actress (1896–1934)
- Lilyan ChauvinFrench-American actress (1925–2008)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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