Lilly Family History
Lilly Name Meaning
from a pet form of the female personal name
Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.nickname for someone
with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English
lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent
Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In
English and other languages there has also been some confusion with
forms of Giles.habitational name from places called
Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was
named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from lin ‘flax’ +
leah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old
English Lillingleah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an
Old English personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lilly
Name Distribution of Lilly Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lilly families
 207 - 412  70 - 206 |
 1 - 69  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lilly families
|
146 - 289 49 - 145 |
1 - 48 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lilly families
|
36 - 70 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lilly census records
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Lilly Family Origin
Lilly Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lilly
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lilly Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lilly census records
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Lilly Civil War Service Records
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