The lilly Surname
lilly Name Meaning and History
- from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.
- nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.
- habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from lin ‘flax’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillingleah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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