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English
Etymology
A 19th-century flower name, from lily. Also a diminutive of Lilian and sometimes Elizabeth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lily
- A female given name from English. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
1866 August 11, Frances Eleanor Trollope, “The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble”, in All the Year Round, page 100:"Poor little thing! She is very wee and frail, isn't she? Only two months old. We came away from the north, as soon as I was able to travel. She is called Lily."
I remembered Horace having once told me that his mother's name had been Lilias.
2001, Catherine Coulter, Hemlock Bay, Jove, published 2002, →ISBN, page 57:"Lily is such a romantic name. It sounds to me like soft music; it's the sort of name to make one dream of fanciful things."
Lily smiled. "It's my grandmother's name. Coincidence, maybe, but she grew the most beautiful lilies."
Translations
female given name meaning "lily"
See also
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Lily, from lily.
Proper noun
Lily
- a female given name from English
- (urban legend) an ungo that terrorized Cebu in the late 90s
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English Lily, from lily.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lily (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜒ)
- a female given name from English