Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from Hebrew.
Who was Lilah? I am sure / She was young and sweet and pure; / - - - So to Lilah's name above / I will add two names I love
1874, James Thomson, “Lilah Alice Hypatia”, in The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, Reeves and Turner, published 1895, page 282
Origin
Short form of Delilah; also a variant of Leila.
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Lilah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lilah
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“Lilah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lilah. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lilah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lilah.
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