Lilli
See also: lilli
Danish
editProper noun
editLilli
- a female given name, diminutive of Elisabeth
Estonian
editEtymology
editPet form of female given names containing the syllable -li-, such as Eliisabet and Aliide. Also explained as Estonian lill (“flower”).
Proper noun
editLilli
- a female given name
Finnish
editEtymology
editA diminutive of Lilja, Elisabet and Karoliina.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLilli
- a female given name
- 1922, Anni Swan, Pikkupappilassa, WSOY, published 1966, page 142:
- Lotti tenäsi koreita nimiä vastaan, ne olivat niin vaikeat lausua. Ja hänen paperinukkensa eivät olleet mitään ruhtinattaria tai sotapäälliköitä, ne olivat hänen omia pikkulapsiaan ja niillä piti olla pikkulasten nimet. Maija ja Kerttu ja Lassi ja Lilli.
- Lotti argued against overly flowery names, since they were so hard to pronounce. Her paper dolls were no princesses or warlords; they were her own children and they needed children's names. Maija and Kerttu and Lassi and Lilli.
Declension
editInflection of Lilli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Lilli | Lillit | |
genitive | Lillin | Lillien | |
partitive | Lilliä | Lillejä | |
illative | Lilliin | Lilleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Lilli | Lillit | |
accusative | nom. | Lilli | Lillit |
gen. | Lillin | ||
genitive | Lillin | Lillien | |
partitive | Lilliä | Lillejä | |
inessive | Lillissä | Lilleissä | |
elative | Lillistä | Lilleistä | |
illative | Lilliin | Lilleihin | |
adessive | Lillillä | Lilleillä | |
ablative | Lilliltä | Lilleiltä | |
allative | Lillille | Lilleille | |
essive | Lillinä | Lilleinä | |
translative | Lilliksi | Lilleiksi | |
abessive | Lillittä | Lilleittä | |
instructive | — | Lillein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Lilli is the 287th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,800 female individuals (and as a middle name to 521 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editLilli
- a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth
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