Lillian (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Lilium |
Lillian (or Lilian) is a female given name. It is Latin, meaning 'Lilium' (lily). In French, Lilian (French pronunciation: [li.ljɑ̃]) is the male form of the name, while Liliane is the female form. The first time this name became popular was in the early 1700s with the expansion of the French colonial empire around the world.
People
- Princess Lilian of Belgium (1916–2002), wife of King Leopold III of Belgium
- Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), wife of Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland of Sweden
- Lillian B. Allen (1904-1994), Canadian painter
- Lillian Allen (born 1951), Canadian dub poet, musician, and writer
- Lillian Alling, walked from New York to the Bering Strait in the 1920s
- Lilian Bennett (1922–2013), British businesswoman
- Lilian Calmejane (born 1992), French cyclist
- Lilian Constantini (1902–1982), born Liliane Chapiro-Volpert, French actress
- Lilian Dikmans Australian model, Muay Thai fighter
- Lillian Disney (1899–1997), widow of Walt Disney
- Lillian Elidah, Zambian chef
- Lilian Fowler (1886–1954), Australian politician
- Lilian Garcia (born 1966), American singer and ring announcer
- Lillian Gish (1893–1993), American actress
- Lillian Greene-Chamberlain (born 1941), American sprinter
- Lilian Greenwood (born 1966), British politician
- Lilian Greuze (1890–1950), French model
- Lilian Helder (born 1973), Dutch politician
- Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), American playwright
- Lillian Herlein (1895–1971), actress and singer in theater and vaudeville
- Lillian Hoban (1925–1998), American author
- Lilian Laslandes (born 1971), French footballer
- Lillian Lawrence (1868–1926), American theatre and silent film actress
- Lilian Lee, Chinese author
- Lilian Mercedes Letona (1954–1983), Salvadoran guerrilla and revolutionary
- Lillian Nakate (born 1978), Ugandan civil engineer and politician
- Lillian Palmer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lilian Prunet (born 1978), French ice hockey player
- Lilian Rolfe (1914–1945), Allied secret agent in World War II
- Lillian Smith (author) (1897–1966), American author
- Lilian Thuram (born 1972), French footballer
- Lilian Uchtenhagen (1928–2016), Swiss economist and politician
- Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer (1892–1986), American artist, architect, and women's rights activist
- Lillian Wald (1867–1940), founder of American community nursing
- Lillian Walker (1887–1975), American actress
- Lillian Worth (1884–1952), American actress
- Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau (1931–2013), American fashion designer
Fictional characters
- Lillian Rearden, character in the book Atlas Shrugged
- Queen Lilian, mother of Fiona in the Shrek series
- Lillian van der Woodsen, mother of Serena van der Woodsen in the Gossip Girl series
- Lillian DeVille, from the nickelodeon TV series Rugrats and All Grown Up!
- Lilly Truscott, from Hannah Montana
- Lillian Kaushtupper, landlady of Kimmy and Titus in the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
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