Lilian

English

Alternative forms

• (the normal US spelling): Lillian

Etymology

Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪli.ən/

Proper noun

Lilian

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1830, Alfred Tennyson, Lilian:

     Airy, fairy Lilian, / Flitting, fairy Lilian, / When I ask her if she loves me, / Claps her tiny hands above me, / Laughing all she can.

   • 2004, Willem Dijkstra, May You Live in Interesting Times, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 77:

     When it was my turn Roger told the crowd that my romanised second and third name, if written as one word in Pinyin, as is now the custom, was exactly like the English girl's name Lilian and he therefore proposed to leave it like that, Lilian being a very pretty name, he said.

Related terms

• Lila, Lil, Lili, Lilia, Liliana, Liliane, Liliane, Lilias, Lilli, Lillia, Lilianna, Lilliana, Lilliane, Lilliann, Lillianna, Lillianne, Lillie, Lilly, Lillyan, Lillyanne, Lily, Lilyan, Lilyann.

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: لِيلْيَان f (lilyān)
• Basque: Lilian
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莉蓮／莉莲 (Lìlián)

• Czech: Liliana (cs) f
• Danish: Lilian, Lillian
• Estonian: Lilian
• French: Liliane (fr) f
• German: Lilian (de) f
• Hawaiian: Liliana
• Italian: Liliana (it) f
• Japanese: リリアン (Ririan)
• Korean: 릴리안 (Rillian)
• Norwegian: Lillian (no)
• Portuguese: Liliana (pt) f, Lílian (pt)
• Russian: Лилиа́на (ru) f (Liliána), Лилиа́н (ru) (Lilián) (transliteration, indeclinable)
• Spanish: Liliana (es) f
• Swedish: Lilian (sv)
• Turkish: Lilyan

Anagrams

• alliin

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lilian/ [li.li.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: Li‧li‧an

Proper noun

Lilian anim

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Lilian (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Lilian
ergative	Lilianek
dative	Liliani
genitive	Lilianen
comitative	Lilianekin
causative	Lilianengatik
benefactive	Lilianentzat
instrumental	Lilianez
inessive	Lilianengan
locative	—
allative	Lilianengana
terminative	Lilianenganaino
directive	Lilianenganantz
destinative	Lilianenganako
ablative	Lilianengandik
partitive	Lilianik
prolative	Liliantzat

References

• “Lilian”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia
• Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 271

Danish

Proper noun

Lilian

1. a female given name borrowed from English

Estonian

Proper noun

Lilian

1. a female given name borrowed from English

Related terms

• Liilia
• Lilli

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ljɑ̃/

Proper noun

Lilian m

1. a male given name, the masculine equivalent of Liliane

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliljan/ [ˈli.ljãn]
• Rhymes: -iljan
• Syllabification: Li‧lian

Proper noun

Lilian f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lilian

Swedish

Proper noun

Lilian c (genitive Lilians)

1. a female given name of English origin