Lilly
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, from a pet form of Elisabeth or any name with the syllable -li- such as Cecilia, Julia or Karolina.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lilly (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lilly has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 26 |
| 2004 | 35 |
| 2005 | 57 |
| 2006 | 90 |
| 2007 | 146 |
| 2008 | 176 |
| 2009 | 231 |
| 2010 | 298 |
| 2011 | 312 |
| 2012 | 307 |
| 2013 | 352 |
| 2014 | 350 |
| 2015 | 360 |
| 2016 | 384 |
| 2017 | 320 |
| 2018 | 361 |
| 2019 | 295 |
| 2020 | 329 |
| 2021 | 333 |
| 2022 | 301 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,892 |
| 2000 | 7,487 |
| 2001 | 7,086 |
| 2002 | 6,675 |
| 2003 | 6,277 |
| 2004 | 5,954 |
| 2005 | 5,656 |
| 2006 | 5,348 |
| 2007 | 5,149 |
| 2008 | 5,022 |
| 2009 | 4,953 |
| 2010 | 4,962 |
| 2011 | 4,984 |
| 2012 | 5,007 |
| 2013 | 5,087 |
| 2014 | 5,224 |
| 2015 | 5,342 |
| 2016 | 5,523 |
| 2017 | 5,678 |
| 2018 | 5,884 |
| 2019 | 6,012 |
| 2020 | 6,192 |
Lilly in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lilly.Hi! My name is Lilly.
- Lilly bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Lilly lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Lilly har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lilly has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Lillys mamma är lärare.Lilly's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lillys mamma is Lilly's mum.
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Questions about Lilly
How do you pronounce Lilly in Swedish?
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What does the name Lilly mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, from a pet form of Elisabeth or any name with the syllable -li- such as Cecilia, Julia or Karolina.
How popular is Lilly in Sweden?
301 babies were named Lilly in 2022. In 2020, 6,192 people in Sweden had Lilly as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.