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Lily (name)

{{Infobox Given Name Revised

| name = Lily

| meaning = lilium

| image= Alfons Mucha - 1898 - The Flowers Lily.jpg

| caption= Lily, an Art Nouveau illustration by Alfons Mucha, 1898.

| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|l|ɪ|l|iː}}

| gender = Feminine

| region = | origin =

| related names = Lilia, Liliana, Liliane, Liliann, Lilibet, Lilibeth, Lilja, Lillian, Lilliana, Lilliane, Lillianne, Lillybeth, Lilyana, Lilyann, Lilyanna, Lilybeth, Lilymae, Lilyrose, Tigerlily

| alternative spelling = Lili, Lilli, Lillie, Lilly

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Lily is a feminine given name usually derived from lily, the flower. The name became particularly popular along with other flower names for girls during the 1800s and early 1900s. The lily also has associations with and has been symbolic of innocence and purity in Christian art.{{Cite web|url=https://nameberry.com/babyname/lily|title=Lily - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity}} {{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=170|isbn=0-19-861060-2}} Names beginning with or containing the letter L have also been particularly fashionable for girls.{{cite web

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/style/lilibet-popular-baby-names.html

| title = Lilith, Lilibet … Lucifer? How Baby Names Went to 'L': Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are hardly the only new parents gravitating toward quirk, family tradition and "L" names.

| last = Williams

| first = Alex

| date = 12 June 2021

| website = The New York Times

| access-date = 3 June 2022

| quote = }} It is also occasionally used as a diminutive for other names such as Elizabeth.{{cite web

| url = https://appellationmountain.net/unexpected-elizabeth-nicknames/

| title = Elizabeth Nicknames: Betty, Liza, Elle

| last =Sandel

| first =Abby

| date = 1 December 2020

| website = appellationmountain.net

| publisher = Appellation Mountain (blog)

| access-date = 28 November 2022

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The popularity of the name increased steadily in most countries in western Europe and English-speaking countries during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/lily|title = Meaning, origin and history of the name Lily}}

The name is often used in combination with other names, sometimes spelled with a hyphen and sometimes without. Well-used combination names in use in countries such as Canada and the United States include those influenced by Lillian or Liliana or considered a combination of Lily and the names Anna, Ann, or Anne, such as Liliann, Lilianna, Lili-Ann, Lili-Anne, Lillianna, Lillianne, Lillyana, Lillyann, Lilly-Ann, Lillyanna, Lillyanne, Lilly-Anne, Lilyana, Lilyanna, Lily-Anne and Lily-Ann.

Other popular combination names in use include Lily-Rose, a combination of Lily and the name Rose, which is particularly well used in Quebec, Canada, where it was the 65th most popular name for newborn girls in 2022{{cite web | url=https://www.retraitequebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/services-en-ligne-outils/banque-de-prenoms/Pages/recherche_par_popularite.aspx?AnRefBp=2022&NbPre=500 | title=Retraite Québec - Recherche par popularité }} and ranked among the top 300 names overall for girls in Canada in 2021, placing 297th on the popularity chart with 105 uses for Canadian girls that year, and its spelling variants Lili-Rose, which had nine uses in Canada in 2021, and Lilirose, Lilly-Rose, and Lilyrose.{{cite web

| url = https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710014701

| title = First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators

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| date = 9 May 2023

| website = www150.statcan.gc.ca

| publisher = Statistics Canada

| access-date = 17 June 2023

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| website = www.ssa.gov

| publisher = United States Social Security Administration

| access-date = 17 June 2023

| quote = }} The name Lilyrose or Lily-Rose is also well used in England and Wales, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls since 2001 and among the top 500 names since 2006,{{cite web | url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/lilyrose/top/england-wales | title=Popularity for the name Lilyrose - Behind the Name }} and in France, where it has ranked among the top 500 names for French girls since 2004.{{cite web | url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/lilyrose/top/england-wales | title=Popularity for the name Lilyrose - Behind the Name }} It ranked among the top 200 names for newborn girls in Belgium in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/lilyrose/top/belgium?type=sample | title=Popularity for the name Lilyrose - Behind the Name }} The name has also seen increased use in the United States, though it has not ranked among the top 1,000 names for American girls. Thirty-five American girls were given the name Lilyrose in 2022 and eleven American girls were called Lillyrose that year.{{cite web

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| title = Baby Names

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| website = www.ssa.gov

| publisher = United States Social Security Administration

| access-date = 17 June 2023

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Other related or associated names include, among others, Lilia, Lilibet, Lilibeth, Lilika, Lilith, Lilja, Lilou, and Tigerlily.

File:Madonna of the Lilies (1905) - Alfons Mucha.jpg.]] File:John-Singer-Sargent-Carnation-Lily-Lily-Rose.jpg, 1885.]]

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==Names with the same meaning==

Some equivalents for the name Lily from other cultures include:{{Cite web|url=https://blog-en.namepedia.org/2021/04/names-inspired-by-spring-flowers/|title=Names Inspired by Spring Flowers|website=NamepediA Blog|date=2 April 2021}}

  • Azucena (Spanish)
  • Crina (Romanian)
  • Đurđica (Croatian)
  • Kielo (Finnish)
  • Nari (Korean)
  • Susan (Hebrew)
  • Yuri (Japanese)

See also

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