LILlIs
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the personal name Lili, a pet form of Vangelis (see Vangel, Evangelista) or any of various other personal names ending in -Us, e.g
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɫɪɫɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
LILlIs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In South Sudan it is the 70th most common surname.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 72K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 101K
- USUnited States1 in 151K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 258 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
2,208 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
South Sudan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the personal name Lili, a pet form of Vangelis (see Vangel, Evangelista) or any of various other personal names ending in -Us, e.g. Anatolis, Vassilis, Gavrilis.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
LILlIs 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 2,208 | 1 in 151K | 2.2K | LILlIs | 258 |
| SS South Sudan | #70 | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | LILlIs | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 101K | — | LILlIs | 84 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | LILlIs | 79 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 150K | — | LILlIs | 45 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | LILlIs | 62 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 108K | — | LILlIs | 3 |
2,208 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling lillis. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)
LILlIs is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
metronymic from Lilly.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Irish, A variant in Cos. Clare and Limerick of Lawless
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
In Latvian, Lilijas ("Lilium")
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Thomas Francis Lillisb. 1861USCatholic bishop (1861–1938)
- Mark Lillisb. 1960GBEnglish footballer (born 1960)
- Jason Lillisb. 1969GBEnglish footballer (born 1969)
- Rachael Lillisb. 1978USAmerican voice actress (1969–2024)
- Stephen Lillisb. 1986IEIrish hurler
- Josh Lillisb. 1987GBEnglish association football player
- Jonathon Lillisb. 1994USAmerican freestyle skier
- Chris Lillisb. 1998USAmerican freestyle skier
- Sophia Lillisb. 2002USAmerican actress
- Steven LillisNZresearcher
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.2K | #13,707 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,700 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,513 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Where does the name LILlIs come from?
- from the personal name Lili, a pet form of Vangelis (see Vangel, Evangelista) or any of various other personal names ending in -Us, e.g. Anatolis, Vassilis, Gavrilis. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce LILlIs?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɪɫɪs/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name LILlIs mean?
- Recorded meaning: from the personal name Lili, a pet form of Vangelis (see Vangel, Evangelista) or any of various other personal names ending in -Us, e.g.
- In which country does LILlIs have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named LILlIs, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled LILlIs.
- How common is the name LILlIs?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,208 people named LILlIs in 2010, about 1 in 151 thousand residents.
- How common is LILlIs compared with other names?
- In South Sudan, LILlIs is the 70th most common surname of 3,406 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lillisThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “LILlIs” — the 70th most common surname in South Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.