Lily · English girl’s name

Lily in Hawaiian is Lilia

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when Y became I.

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lee·LEE·ah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Lily in Hawaiian?

Lily is Lilia in Hawaiian, said lee-LEE-ah.

How Lily became Lilia

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Lily Y became I.

Lilia has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

Lilia is also a Hawaiian word: lilia means “lily”.

How to say Lilia

Say it lee-LEE-ah, leaning on LEE, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Lily in Hawaiian?

Lily is Lilia in Hawaiian, pronounced lee-LEE-ah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Lilia?

lee-LEE-ah, with the stress on LEE.

Why does Lilia look so different from Lily?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Lily, Y became I.

Is Lilia a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used Lilia since the 1800s, but it is Lily respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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