The story
- Late Latin · derived fromlilium“lily”
- Spanish · derived fromLiliosa
- English todayLilias
First recorded in 16th-century Scotland, a variant of Lilian or possibly from the Spanish Liliosa, name of a 9th-century saint, both ultimately from Late Latin lilium (“lily”).
Words from the same roots
Late Latinlilium all →
Lilian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.