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Ljiljana
Say it: LYEE-lyah-nah
Meaning
From Serbian and Croatian ljiljan 'lily'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very popular in Yugoslavia between the 1940s and 1960s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 10 babies given this name since 1968
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 293,500 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Љиљана, Ljilja
| Macedonian | Liljana |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Liliana |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.