Lily

A 19th-century flower name, from lily. Also a diminutive of Lilian and sometimes Elizabeth.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪli/

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• Rhymes: -ɪli

Lily

1. A female given name from English. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
   • 1866, Frances Eleanor Trollope, "The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble", All the Year Round, Aug 11th, 1866, 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."

• Lillie

• illy

From English Lily, from lily.

Lily

1. a female given name from English
2. (urban legend) an ungo that terrorized Cebu in the late 90s