Lilli is a girl's name of German origin meaning “flower.” In 2024 it was given to 37 girls in the United States.
Lilli at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
German
Meaning
“flower”
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪli/
About the name Lilli
Lilli belongs to the German tradition. Its meaning — “flower” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Lilli first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1339 in 2006, and in 2024 37 babies received the name — 3,344 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.