Lilien

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lilien is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name813 records spelled Lilien2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Also written Liliën

• a separate given name119 records spelled Lilien2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Liliën

• Indonesian given name115 records spelled Lilien3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lilièn

• Chinese given name83 records spelled Lilien2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan

  Also written Li-Lien

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lilien is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ornamental name from German Lilien ‘lilies’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In kw, singulative of lili (“lilies”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 26 years between 1988–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lilien Götzb. 2003HUHungarian synchronized swimmer
• Lilien Cristhiane Ferneda Rochabotanist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 144 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lilien?

We estimate roughly 1.2 thousand people bear Lilien (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Lilien have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.1 thousand people bear Lilien in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Lilien most common?

Lilien is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.8 thousand people carrying it.

Is Lilien a male or female name?

Lilien is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lilien mean?

Recorded meaning: from the flower name 'lily' or as a decorative house/name form