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Lili - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Lili

[ 2 syll. li-li, lil-i ] The girl name Lili is pronounced as LIHLiy KEY. Lili is mainly used in German, Russian, English, and Dutch. Its language of origin is Hebrew, Old Greek, Latin, Germanic, and English.

Lili is a pet form of the English name Elizabeth in the German language.

Lili is also a variant form of the English, French, and German name Lilian in the English, German, and Russian languages.

Lili is also a spelling variant of the English name Lily in the Dutch and German languages.

Lili is also a variant form of the English name Helen in the Russian language.

Lili is also a spelling variant of the German, English, and Estonian name Lilli in the German language. Lili is also a pet form of the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian name Elisabeth in the German language.

Lili is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Lili, the English Elizabeth was the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Lili include the English Lillee, the German, English, and Estonian Lilli, the English Lillie, the English Lilly, the English Lily, the Catalan Laia, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Laila, the Czech Lala, the Arabic and English Layla, the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Leah, the English and Indian Leela, the Hawaiian Lehua, the English Leia, the English Leiah, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Leila, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Leilah, the Slavic Lejla, the Spanish and English Lela, the English Lelah, and the Greek and Italian Lelia.

KEY: Pronunciation for Lili: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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