Lilian
Given almost evenly to boys and girls, one of the few names in Poland that stays truly unisex: of around 450 people who carry it, the split is nearly half and half. From the Latin for lily, still rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Lilian Pronunciation
Lilian is pronounced LEEL-yahn (/ˈliljan/).
What Lilian means
Where Lilian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lilian traces back to the Latin word lilium, the lily. English and French speakers turned that flower into a given name long before it reached Polish registers, and the short meaning in Polish stays close: lilia.
The name keeps a small family around it. Liliana and Lilianna stretch it into fuller variants, while Lila and Lilka shorten it for everyday use.
Its meaning is easy to carry. The lily has long stood for something bright in European painting, and the name borrows that without losing the plainness of the flower itself. On her imieniny, a Lilian answers to the whole set of names at once. Latin gave the root, French and English gave the shape, and the lily stays underneath as lilium.
How many people are named Lilian
1 in 94452 men in Poland is named Lilian. 446 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1400 among male names.
Lilian's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1278 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Where Lilian is most popular
Lilian is most popular in Łódź, 753% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
Lilian as a middle name
Lilian is a first name for 446 men in Poland and a middle name for another 56, an 89/11 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 918th, between Julieth (56) and Mariel (56).
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#916 Ivanova56
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#917 Julieth56
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#918 Lilian56
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#919 Mariel56
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#920 Bibiana55