Lillian

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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."

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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