Lelia

given name · Latin script

Meaning: French form used as a feminine name, likely related to Latin Lelia or as a diminutive of names in Lél-

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɫiɫjə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lelia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 15K
  • PEPeru≈1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈27,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
146 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LeliaLatin(measured from records)
렐리아Hangul(measured from records)
ΛελιαGreek(measured from records)
ლელიაGeorgian(measured from records)

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)

French form used as a feminine name, likely related to Latin Lelia or as a diminutive of names in Lél-.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lelia 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.

Where Lelia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈27,000 est.≈1 in 52K—Lelia7
US United States—4,8191 in 69K4.8KLelia146
BR Brazil—4,4621 in 47K5.4KLelia78
PH Philippines—≈4,000 est.≈1 in 27K—Lelia23
AR Argentina#858≈3,800 est.≈1 in 12K3Lelia58
PE Peru—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 22K—Lelia34
PY Paraguay#888≈490 est.≈1 in 15K—Lelia14
UY Uruguay#4573331 in 10K333Lelia21

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: RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lelia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Swedish

    Also written Lélia

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lélia, Leli︠a︡

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Lélia

  • Russian given name50 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, French

    Also written Леля, Лела, Лёля, Lelja, Лелия

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Philippines

    Also written Lélia

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Lélia

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lelia is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, Diminutif d’Elie; origine hébraïque (« mon maître est Dieu ») ou latine (« lys »).

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In German, weibl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs, weibHche Form des römischen Geschlechter­ namens LaeHus.

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • La que es locuaz

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

  • [Ignoto]

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

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)

1850190019502000Lelia J. Robinson, b. 1850A'Lelia Walker, b. 1885Lélia Gousseau, b. 1909Lelia Abramo, b. 1911Lellia Cracco Ruggini, b. 1931Carmen Lelia Cristóbal, b. 1932Lélia Gonzalez, b. 1935Lelia Goldoni, b. 1936Lélia Wanick Salgado, b. 1947Lelia Etsebeth, b. 1985

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Lelia,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 61 sources across 33 countries.

Official registers attesting Lelia
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—5.4K#3,203
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204.8K#4,028
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20224.5K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—4.4K#2,974
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—333—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—332—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)200067—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202517—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202011#4,028
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)20003—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)20202#5,336
UY UruguayMontevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012)19902—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 does the name Lelia mean, and where does it come from?
French form used as a feminine name, likely related to Latin Lelia or as a diminutive of names in Lél-. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
How do you pronounce Lelia?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫiɫjə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Lelia a male or female name?
Lelia 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.
What are other forms of the name Lelia?
In the etymology graph, Laelia is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Lelia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Lelia in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lelia.
Where is Lelia most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lelia is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 10 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Lelia?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,819 people named Lelia in 2020, about 1 in 69 thousand residents.
How common is Lelia compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Lelia is the 457th most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.

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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, “Lelia” — the 457th most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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