Entry № 5931 · Hebrew origin

Lilith Lilith — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LIL-ith /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Of the night"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew/Akkadian)

A name that means "of the night".

Lilith (לִילִית) is a Hebrew name meaning "of the night" — from the same root as the Hebrew lailah (night). In Jewish folklore, Lilith was Adam's first wife, created equal to him from the earth, who refused to be subordinate and was banished; she has been variously depicted as a demon, a goddess, and (by modern feminists) a symbol of female autonomy.

Lilith has been rising rapidly in the 2020s as part of the broader reclamation of mythological figures. Today the name sits in the U.S. top 200.

Of the night — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

לִילִית
Transliteration
Līlīt
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɪl.ɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lilith stands.

Lilith does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Liliths before her.

Real people
Lilith Fair
Music festival featuring female artists, founded by Sarah McLachlan.
1997–1999
In fiction
Lilith
Adam's first wife in Jewish folklore.
Jewish mystical tradition

Names connected to Lilith.

The number behind Lilith.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lilith reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.