How to say it
lil · i · AN · a
/ˌlɪl.iˈɑ.nə/
Feminine
Liliana
Lily
What it means
Italian and Spanish elaboration of Lily, from the Latin lilium. The Romance-language form that travels well across Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese families.
Liliana is the Italian and Spanish elaboration of the Latin lilium ('lily'). The same root gave us Lily, Lillian, and the French Lilianne. Liliana stayed in Italian and Spanish use through the medieval period and into the present. The English-speaking US adoption is recent: rare before 2000, then climbing alongside the broader Latino-crossover wave and the flower-name revival. It's been in the US top 200 since 2010. Lily, Lili, and Ana all circulate as shorts.
Popularity over time
peaked at #78 in 2025, currently #78 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Nickname
Lily, Lili, and Ana all circulate as shorts. Many Lilianas keep the full four syllables in formal contexts.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Liliana Mumy American actress and voice artist, The Santa Clause 2 and Bratz
- Liliana Vess Magic: The Gathering planeswalker, necromancer with a complicated arc
Spelling variants
- Liliane
- Lilianna
- Lilliana
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