Lillian
name
name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Latin, of American usage; variant form Lilian (UK).
"Your mother's name was Lillian, Minnie Lee, Her other name I never heard, until I stood within the church and saw her wed So she is ever Lillian Lee to me."
Example
More examples"When the time came for her to go on, however, Lillian forgot her stage fright and made her first entrance with the air of a seasoned trouper."
Etymology
Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).
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