What Does the Name Lily Mean?

Lily is a girl's name of Latin (via English) origin meaning “lily (the flower).”

Updated June 2026

Name	Lily
Gender	female
Origin	Latin (via English)
Meaning	lily (the flower)
Variants	Lillie, Lilly, Lilian, Lilia, Lili
Popularity	Top 30 US girls' name throughout the 2000s-2010s; very popular in the UK.

The meaning and origin of Lily

The name Lily means “lily (the flower)” and has Latin (via English) origins. A flower name taken directly from the lily, a blossom long symbolizing purity and innocence (ultimately from Latin lilium). It came into use as a given name during the Victorian fashion for botanical names and was also a pet form of Lillian and Elizabeth.

Variants and related names

Lily is related to several other names you may recognize: Lillie, Lilly, Lilian, Lilia, Lili. These share a common root or are spelling and language variants of the same name.

How popular is the name Lily?

Top 30 US girls' name throughout the 2000s-2010s; very popular in the UK.

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