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Lilya

Girl name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Lilya: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 2014.

Lilya is a melodic name found across several cultures, most often as a variant of Lily, which itself derives from the Latin *lilium*, referring to the delicate, white flower. In Russian and Ukrainian contexts, Lilya (Лиля) is a common diminutive of Liliya, the Slavic form of the same floral name. One of the most celebrated bearers was the Soviet poet Lilya Brik, a muse to Vladimir Mayakovsky and a influential figure in early 20th-century avant-garde circles. The name also gained a poignant literary association through Vladimir Nabokov’s fictional Lolita, whose real name is Dolores, not Lilya. While no major places are named directly after Lilya, the root flower name appears in countless place names worldwide, such as the city of Lilydale in Australia. A notable variant is Lilia, the spelling more common in Italy and Romania.