Lilla

See also: lilla and lillà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Lilla.

Proper noun

Lilla (plural Lillas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lilla is the 41164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Lilla is most common among White (95.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lilla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 437.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French Lille, from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈli.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈli.ʎa]

Proper noun

Lilla f

1. Lille (the capital city of the Nord department, France; capital city of the region of Hauts-de-France)

Derived terms

• lillès

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -lɒ

• IPA^(key): [ˈlilːɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Lil‧la

Proper noun

Lilla

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Lilla	Lillák
accusative	Lillát	Lillákat
dative	Lillának	Lilláknak
instrumental	Lillával	Lillákkal
causal-final	Lilláért	Lillákért
translative	Lillává	Lillákká
terminative	Lilláig	Lillákig
essive-formal	Lillaként	Lillákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Lillában	Lillákban
superessive	Lillán	Lillákon
adessive	Lillánál	Lilláknál
illative	Lillába	Lillákba
sublative	Lillára	Lillákra
allative	Lillához	Lillákhoz
elative	Lillából	Lillákból
delative	Lilláról	Lillákról
ablative	Lillától	Lilláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Lilláé	Lilláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Lilláéi	Lillákéi

Possessive forms of Lilla
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Lillám	Lilláim
2nd person sing.	Lillád	Lilláid
3rd person sing.	Lillája	Lillái
1st person plural	Lillánk	Lilláink
2nd person plural	Lillátok	Lilláitok
3rd person plural	Lillájuk	Lilláik

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlil.la/
• Homophone: lilla
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: Lìl‧la

Proper noun

Lilla f

1. Lille (the capital city of the Nord department, France; capital city of the region of Hauts-de-France)

Etymology 2

Feminine form of Lillo.

Proper noun

Lilla m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024

Occitan

Proper noun

Lilla f

1. Lille (the capital city of the Nord department, France; capital city of the region of Hauts-de-France)