Given name & surname
Rillie
“from the small brook”
Rillie is a variant of Rilla. One German interpretation is “from the small brook.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rillie is a variant of Rilla. One German interpretation is “from the small brook.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rillie is a variant of Rilla. An origin associated with Rilla is German.
Explained through its name family
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
Rillie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 9 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 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include a sample rank of No. 68,622 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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