Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lyllian 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lyllian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 635
- 0 boys · 635 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,339 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,339 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 511 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.
Lyllian’s family of names
Lyllian may belong to the same name family as LYLIAN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Lyllian, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Lilian
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Lilliana
“resembling the lily”
>99% girls
Lilly
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Lila
“born at night” · “resembling a lily”
>99% girls
Lyric
“of the lyre; the words of a song”
20% boys · 80% girls
Laila
“a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
>99% girls
Lydia
“woman from Lydia” · “a beautiful woman from Lydia”
>99% girls
Leila
“night”
>99% girls