Lilly

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See also: lilly and Lillý

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪl.i/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪli

Proper noun

Lilly (plural Lillys or Lillies)

  1. A female given name, variant of Lily.
    Synonyms: Lily, Lili, Lilli, Lil, Lill, Lil', Lill', Lilie, Lillie
    1. A diminutive of the female given names Lillian or Lilian, from Latin.
    2. A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek.
  2. A surname.
    1. A surname transferred from the given name, based on the given name
    2. A surname transferred from the place name, variant of Lilley, from the English place name Lilley.
      Synonym: Lilley

Noun

Lilly (plural Lillys or Lillies)

  1. (US, informal) A Lilly Pulitzer dress.
    • 2015 April 22, Megan Garber, “Why Do People Hate Lilly Pulitzer?”, in The Atlantic‎:
      It angered Target customers who tried, and failed, to grab $40-ish “Lillys” during a sale that was meant to span several weeks and instead spanned mere hours.

Danish

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Proper noun

Lilly

  1. a female given name from a pet form of Elisabeth or Lillian

German

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Lilly

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lilly

  1. a female given name from a pet form of Elisabeth or Lillian

Swedish

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Proper noun

Lilly c (genitive Lillys)

  1. a female given name, from a pet form of Elisabeth or any name with the syllable -li- such as Cecilia, Julia or Karolina
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