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Lilli - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Lilli

[ 2 syll. lil-li, li-lli ] The girl name Lilli is pronounced as LIHLiy KEY. Lilli is mainly used in German, English, and Estonian, and it is of Hebrew, Latin, Germanic, and English origin. Hebrew, Latin, Germanic, and English origin, German use: Derived from the element 'lilie' which is of the meaning lily. The name has often been associated with the wartime song Lili Marlene (1939), which was popular with both the Germans and the British during World War II.

In addition, Lilli is a pet form of the English name Elizabeth in the German language.

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

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

Lilli is uncommon as a baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Within the group of girl names directly related to Lilli, the English Elizabeth was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Lilli include the German, Russian, English, and Dutch Lili, the English Lillee, 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 Lilli: 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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