Fun Facts About the Name Liliane
- 857 babies named Liliane: U.S. records list 857 babies given the name Liliane from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Liliane Mean?
Liliane is the French feminine form of a name meaning "lily," from the Latin lilium, the word for the lily flower. It matches English Lillian and the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish Liliana.
The literal sense comes from the flower word alone. The lily's later association with purity and with the Virgin Mary in Christian art is a symbolic layer added to the name, not part of its original meaning.
English Lillian is explained in two competing ways. One account treats it as a medieval pet form of Elizabeth, with the flower name shaping the spelling; the other derives it directly from lilium. The French Liliane is normally placed with the lily derivation, but the English side of the family remains uncertain.
Liliane Name History & Origins
The name rests on the Latin lilium, "lily," which also gave the flower its name in the Romance languages, including French lis and Italian giglio. Feminine names built on this root appear in Italy, Iberia, and France, and spread through Western Europe alongside the flower's religious symbolism.
Liliane is the French spelling of this stock, with the final -e that marks a French feminine form. French also uses the related spelling Lilianne and the short form Liane. A different French name, Éliane, shortens to Liane as well, and descends from the Roman family name Aelius; it is not related to the lily root, so the spellings do not always share an origin.
In English the name is usually written Lillian, and its use grew alongside other flower and saint names in the nineteenth century. The French Liliane follows French naming conventions rather than the English development, and is used in France and other French-speaking regions.
How Popular is the Name Liliane?
Liliane has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #4,127 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,709 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2024 | #4,823 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #5,866 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #4,735 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #4,143 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,127 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #4,405 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2018 | #4,625 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #4,757 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #4,400 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #4,358 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #6,884 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #4,599 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #5,344 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #5,468 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #5,045 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #5,646 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #6,962 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #5,465 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #4,641 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #7,024 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #6,117 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #4,752 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #5,193 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #7,174 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #8,919 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #5,559 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #9,773 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #11,532 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #11,279 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #9,206 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #7,925 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #10,149 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #10,036 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #12,250 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,006 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #8,104 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #7,738 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #11,680 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #11,358 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #7,086 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,601 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #5,658 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #6,331 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #5,039 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #4,192 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #5,025 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1931 | #4,703 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #5,434 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1916 | #4,172 | 6 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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