MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ma Lilia mean?
The source spelling Ma Lilia is preserved. A primary UNAM-hosted abbreviation table documents Ma as a conventional abbreviation of Maria/María.
Under that explicitly conditional reading, Lilia is a Latinate Lily form, independently a transcription of East Slavic name forms. The abbreviation rule explains a naming tradition without asserting this particular person’s registered expansion or replacing the displayed form. Maria belongs to the Miryam name family, whose ultimate meaning remains debated.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Parts of this name
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Names in this collection
- Magnolia♀Magnolia flower
- Magnólia♀Magnolia flower name, ultimately honoring Pierre Magnol
- Maila♀Finnish familiar form of Maria; other accounts exist
- Marlina♀Marline variant with several documented formations
- Mabini·As a Tagalog word: modest or restrained
- Madilyn♀Of Magdala, through Madeline
- Mafalda♀Strength and battle, through Matilda
- Maika♀Variant of Maike, a Maria familiar form
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
MA LILIA
· CSV row 10,178 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- UNAM thesis appendix — abbreviations of personal names (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Maria (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Mary (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Lilia (opens in a new tab)