Lilien
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee-an
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Lilien is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Lilien mean?
Latin: spelling of Lillian, itself a spelling of Lilian
“lily”
A spelling of Lilian; the silent-film star Lillian Gish was a famous bearer.
Meaning borrowed from Lillian. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lilien a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilien is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilien in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Lilien, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilien in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 214 girls in the UK were given Lilien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #247, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Lilien in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
Nicknames for Lilien
- Lily 2,538 girls in the UK in 2025
- Lil
Names like Lilien
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evelyn Luna Aurora Emilia Florence Beatrice Lottie Annabelle Eliza Violet Alba Autumn
Other spellings of Lilien
Names related to Lilien
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Emily Mabel Nora Rosie Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin Felix
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lilien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilien, updated 20 October 2026.