Tigerlily (given name)

{{Infobox given name

|name =Tigerlily

|image = File:Tiger Lily by Robert Lewis Reid.jpg

|caption = Tiger Lily by Robert Lewis Reid.

|gender = Feminine

|meaning = English botanical name taken from the name of the flower.

|region =

|language = English

}}

File:Tiger Lily.PNG is a character in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, his 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, and their various adaptations.]]

Tigerlily or Tiger Lily is an occasionally used English feminine given name used in reference to the flower known as the tiger lily due to its coloration that resembles a tiger.{{Efn|It is a flower name also used in other languages such as the Mandarin Chinese name Xuān (萱) from xuān cǎo (萱草). The flower is said to be associated with motherhood in Chinese culture.{{cite web

| url = https://www.dailycal.org/2022/02/12/tiger-lily-moved-to-the-city-a-personal-essay/

| title = Tiger Lily moved to the city: A personal essay

| last =Lee

| first =Xuan

| date = 13 February 2022

| website = dailycal.org

| publisher = The Daily Californian

| access-date = 23 May 2022

| quote = }}}} It was the name of a character in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, his 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, and their various adaptations. More attention was drawn to the name after its use by Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates for their daughter in 1996.{{cite web

| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-are-they-famous-no-1-heavenly-hiraani-tiger-lily-hutchence-1308074.html

| title = WHY ARE THEY FAMOUS?; NO 1: HEAVENLY HIRAANI TIGER LILY HUTCHENCE

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| date = 3 August 1996

| website = independent.co.uk

| publisher = The Independent

| access-date = 24 May 2022

| quote = }}{{cite web

| url = https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/2017/02/22/news/the-craziest-celebrity-baby-names-you-might-have-forgotten-about-941338/

| title = The craziest celebrity baby names you might have forgotten about

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| date = 22 February 2017

| website = irishnews.com

| publisher = Irish News

| access-date = 24 May 2022

| quote = }}{{cite web

| url= https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/x-a-12-to-heavenly-hiraani-tiger-lily-celebs-sure-do-like-weird-baby-names-2224876

| title= X A-12 To Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily: Celebs Sure Do Like Weird Baby Names

| last= Jain

| first= Sanya

| date= 7 May 2020

| website= ndtv.com

| access-date= 23 May 2022

| quote = }} More recently, the name caused comment when American Tigerlily Taylor Abdelfattah appeared on the American reality television series 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days in 2024. Abdelfattah said her young sons chose her name due to their liking for the character of Tiger Lily in the 1953 The Walt Disney Company film based on Barrie's Peter Pan. Abdelfattah was born Mariko Moss but later legally changed her first name to Tigerlily. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/90-day-fianc-tigerlily-taylors-real-name-has-a-royal-connection-is-she-a-princess/ar-AA1rAdzy?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 {{cite web | url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/what-is-90-day-fiance-star-tigerlilys-real-name-moniker-revealed/ | title=What is 90 Day Fiance Star Tigerlily's Real Name? Moniker Revealed | date=14 October 2024 }} It is a name with an image of bold and unconventional beauty, bordering on the outlandish, in Western countries.{{cite web

| url = https://appellationmountain.net/tigerlily-baby-name-of-the-day/

| title =Tigerlily: Baby Name of the Day

| last =Sandel

| first =Abby

| date = 26 July 2013

| website = appellationmountain.net

| publisher = Appellation Mountain (blog)

| access-date = 23 May 2022

| quote = }}{{cite web

| url = https://waltzingmorethanmatilda.com/2014/02/19/famous-name-tigerlily/

| title = Famous Name: Tigerlily

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| date = 19 February 2014

| website = waltzingmorethanmatilda.com

| publisher = Waltzing More than Matilda (blog)

| access-date = 23 May 2022

| quote = }} It is considered a "guilty pleasure" name by some. {{cite web

| url= https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiECA98jHPLJ2X_4m_OPQhea0qFggEKg4IACoGCAowzdp7ML-3CTDdyhU?uo=CAUiANIBAA&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

| title= 'Sometimes you're not making a good choice': Unpacking our cultural obsession with baby names

| last= Crockett

| first= Moya

| date= 19 October 2021

| website= Independent.co.uk

| publisher= The Independent (London)

| access-date= 21 May 2022

| quote = }}