Lily
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lily is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Azerbaijan it is the 2nd most common given name. In English, recorded as Plant name from the Latin word for the flower.
- PEPeru≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 180as Leyla
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 183as Lee
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lily itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #63 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 670 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800,000 named Li, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Lee in US United States, GB United Kingdom, MY Malaysia, Li in CN China, HK Hong Kong, TW Taiwan, Leyla in TR Türkiye, AZ Azerbaijan and Lili in PE Peru.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
English form from Latin lilium ‘lily’; associated with purity.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
How Lily is read(measured from records)
Lily is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English55%
Plant name from the Latin word for the flower.
as a nameIrish first names
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish15%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Lily in Spanish.
- French7.6%
English form from Latin lilium ‘lily’; associated with purity.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
English form from the flower name lily, ultimately from Latin lilium.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Diminutif de Louise; origine germanique, « victoire glorieuse ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lily counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈3,800,000 est. | ≈1 in 368 | — | Li | 266 |
| TR Türkiye | #56 | 185,230as Leyla | 1 in 443 | 185K | Leyla | 114 |
| MY Malaysia | #19 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 183 | 2.9K | Lee | 216 |
| US United States | #31 | 164,578as Lee | 1 in 2K | 696K | Lee | 670 |
| GB United Kingdom | #38 | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 448 | 2.2K | Lee | 408 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈67,000 est. | ≈1 in 355 | — | Li | 187 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #2 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 180 | 2.4K | Leyla | 79 |
| HK Hong Kong | #63 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 309 | — | Li | 183 |
| GE Georgia | #41 | 16,232as ლეილა | 1 in 246 | 16K | Leila | 39 |
| PE Peru | #630 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Lili | 71 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; TÜİK NIP — most used given names; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lily is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From the vocabulary word for the flower (via Old French, from Latin Jilium), regarded in Christian imagery as a symbol of purity. Variant: Lillie (borne, for example, by the actress Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), friend of King Edward VI).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lily Ponsb. 1898FRAmerican opera singer and actress (1898-1976)
- Lily Tomlinb. 1939USAmerican actress
- Lily Allenb. 1985GBBritish singer and actress
- Lily Aldridgeb. 1985USAmerican model
- Lily Donaldsonb. 1987GBEnglish model
- Lily Coleb. 1987GBEnglish model and actress (born 1987)
- Lily Collinsb. 1989GBBritish-American actress (born 1989)
- Lily Jamesb. 1989GBEnglish actress (born 1989)
- Lily Carterb. 1990USAmerican pornographic actress
- Lily Sullivanb. 1993AUAustralian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 112 sources across 60 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 155K | #360 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6.7K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 2.2K | #3 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 263 | #360 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 231 | #4 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 96 | #5 |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Lily?
- In the etymology graph, Liliana, Lilia and Lillie are forms of the same name in other languages; Lillian, Liana and Leanna are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Lily a male or female name?
- Lily is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Lily have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 million people named Li in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where does the name Lily come from?
- English form from Latin lilium ‘lily’; associated with purity. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- What does the name Lily mean?
- In English, Plant name from the Latin word for the flower.
- How common is the name Lily?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted 185,230 people named Leyla in 2025, about 1 in 443 residents.
- How common is Lily compared with other names?
- In Azerbaijan, Lily is the 2nd most common given name of 28,848 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lily?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lilyThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lily” — the 2nd most common given name in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.