Entry № 5934 · Hungarian origin

Lilla Lilla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LIL-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hungarian
Meaning
"Lily"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hungarian)

A name that means "lily".

Lilla is the Hungarian form of Lily — symbol of purity.

Lilla is widely used in Hungary.

Lily. The Hungarian poet's beloved.

The name in its native script.

Lilla
Transliteration
Lilla
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɪl.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lilla stands.

Lilla 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.

Lillas before her.

Real people
Lilla Vajda
Csokonai's beloved.
1782 – 1855
In fiction
Lilla
Heroine of Csokonai's Lilla poems.
Hungarian poetry

Names connected to Lilla.

The number behind Lilla.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lilla reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.