Lillian
From the Latin lilium, the lily, taken up in English as a flower name that rarely reaches Polish records. Fewer than 200 women here carry it, so most Poles have never met a Lillian.
Lillian Pronunciation
Lillian is pronounced LEELL-yahn (/ˈlilljan/).
What Lillian means
Where Lillian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lillian grows from the Latin lilium, the lily. The flower gave Latin a word, and the word gave later languages a name. In English it settled as Lillian, part of the English fashion for flower names. The short meaning stays close to the root: lily.
The lily kept its own reputation in Christian painting, where artists set it beside figures of purity. That sense of cleanness attached to the flower first, and then to anyone named for it. The meaning "lily" arrives already dressed in association, while the origin stays plainer, a Latin word for a garden plant.
On a Polish class register the name reads Lillian, filed among the L's. It is a short word to sign.
Whoever carries it carries the Latin lilium, and the single English word that keeps saying lily.
How many people are named Lillian
1 in 130311 women in Poland is named Lillian. 173 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2426 among female names.
Lillian's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Lillian is most popular
Lillian is most popular in Subcarpathian, 796% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+796%
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Masovian2 girls born+205%
Lillian as a middle name
Lillian is a first name for 173 women in Poland and a middle name for another 36, an 83/17 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1164th, between Lakshmi (36) and Liv (36).
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#1162 Karoline36
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#1163 Lakshmi36
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#1164 Lillian36
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#1165 Liv36
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#1166 Mara36