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The lillis Surname

lillis Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish and English: metronymic from Lilly.
  2. Greek: from the personal name Lili, a pet form of Vangelis (see Vangel, Evangelista) or any of various other personal names ending in -lis, e.g. Anatolis, Vassilis, Gavrilis.

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Distribution of lillis Families in the US in 1920
Number of lillis families
 44-85
 15-43
 1-14
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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