MEANING & HISTORY
What does Lilia mean?
Lilia is associated with Latin lilia, the plural of lilium, lily. It also functions as a personal-name form related to Lily across several European languages.
The flower connection supplies a specific botanical explanation. Purity and innocence are cultural associations with lilies, not the literal Latin noun. The exact spelling Lilia is retained rather than silently expanded to Lillian or another related form.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈlilja/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈlil.jɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Lil · ia2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish or English.
a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Lilia or Lily
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Latin lilia, plural of lilium (“lily”), or a Latinization of the English Lily.
A female given name from Latin.
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, equivalent to English Lilia
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Lilia
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lilia Cuntapay
Filipino actress (1935-2016)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lilia Dizon
Filipina actress (1928–2020)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
6
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
4
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Lilia Cuntapay, Lilia Dizon
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lilia in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Lilia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Lelia·Italian form of the Roman name Laelia
- Lilian♂♀Lily-associated name; also linked with Elizabeth
- Celia♀Feminine of Caelius; also a short form of Cecilia
- Delia♀Of Delos
- Emilia♀Feminine form of the Roman family name Aemilius
- Julia♀Feminine form of the Roman family name Julius
- Liling♀Lily with ng; Lilia also a familiar-name base
- Lillian♀Name associated with the lily flower
What rhymes with Lilia?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Lilia
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Lilia further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q3240792 — Lilia (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Lilia Cuntapay (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3240792 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Lilia Dizon (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3240792 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lilia (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lilia (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lilia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Lilia (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.