Lily
Lily is a girl name of English origin, ranked #26 in popularity, meaning The lily flower — purity and beauty.
What Lily means
The lily flower — purity and beauty.
Lily is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lily comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Lily is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Lily?
Lily is ranked #26. Names in this band tend to be the comfortable middle ground — recognised everywhere, but common enough to need no explanation and rare enough to still feel chosen.
The character of Lily
Lily spans flowers and growing things, the natural world and Peace, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Lily
These share Lily's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Bryony — To sprout; a climbing vine.
- Dove — The bird of peace.
- Hadley — Field of heather.
- Heather — The flowering heath shrub.
- Marigold — The golden marigold flower.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Meadow — A field of wildflowers.
- Petunia — The trumpet-shaped flower.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Primrose — First rose; first flower of spring.
- Wisteria — The cascading purple vine.
More English names
- Legend — A celebrated story; a renowned one.
- Lincoln — Town by the pool.
- Lavender — The fragrant purple flower.
- Linden — The linden tree.
- Lark — The singing songbird.
- Mabel — Lovable and dear.
- Landon — From the long hill.
- Maisie — Pearl; child of light.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Marigold — The golden marigold flower.