Lilyan

Where Lilyan comes from

The dictionaries list Lilyan as a given name — a female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Lilian — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,426 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Lilyan Tashman born
    American actress
  3. 1915
    Peak, #593
    120 babies named Lilyan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1921
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #969.
  5. 1925
    Lilyan Chauvin born
    French-American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Lilian.
Namesakes
  • Lilyan Chauvin · French-American actress, 1925–2008
  • Lilyan Tashman · American actress, 1896–1934

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.