Liliane
Liliane is a female given name . Related, but rarer, is the male variant Lilian .
Origin and meaning
The name is mostly given today due to the similarity of sound to lily . The word lily may originally come from a language of the western Mediterranean countries for flower. It can safely be traced back to the Eastern Mediterranean, where the Madonna lily became the first known ornamental plant. The white lily has been a symbol of purity and beauty, but also of death, since ancient times. In Christianity the lily was considered to have pagan connotations until the Middle Ages. Only later, via the detour of the biblical Susanna (from Hebrew Shushan "lily"), the Madonna lily became a symbol of purity in the Christian language of forms due to its brilliant white color and thus received its name.
A historical derivation for the origin of the name is from Elisabeth via the pet forms Lilli and Lillian .
Variants and Distribution
The French name Liliane was one of the most popular names in France between about 1930 and 1955 and peaked in popularity between 1940 and 1945. Liliane went very out of fashion by the late 1980s and has not been one of the 500 most popular newly awarded names since then Names in France. On the other hand, the masculine form Lilian slowly established itself from 1930 and was one of the 100 most frequently given first names in France between 1998 and 2010.
In Romance languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian) and Hungarian, the name variant Liliana is more common.
The variant Ljiljana is common in South Slavic languages (see bearer of the name there).
In the English-speaking world , Lillian and Lilian are common female first names (see there for namesake).
Name bearers
Liliane:
- Liliane Amuat (* 1989), Swiss film and theater actress
- Liliane Bettencourt (1922–2017), French, main shareholder in the cosmetics group L'Oréal
- Liliane Blondeau (1921–1944), Belgian resistance fighter
- Liliane Chappuis (1955–2007), Swiss politician
- Liliane Chow (* 1980), Chinese-American badminton player
- Liliane Csuka (* 1935), Swiss artist and art patron
- Liliane Dietz (* 1914), German film actress
- Liliane Funcken (1927–2015), Belgian artist
- Liliane Juchli (* 1933), Swiss religious and nurse, nursing scientist
- Liliane Maestrini (* 1987), Brazilian beach volleyball player
- Liliane Maury Pasquier (* 1956), Swiss politician
- Liliane Montevecchi (1932–2018), French actress, dancer and singer
- Liliane Roehrs (1900–1975), German automobile racing driver
- Liliane von Rönn (* 1949), German dominatrix, prostitute and women's rights activist
- Liliane Saint-Pierre (* 1948), Belgian singer
- Liliane Skalecki (* 1958), German art historian and crime writer
- Liliane Sobieski (* 1983), American actress and film producer
- Liliane Targownik (* 1959), German filmmaker, director and author
- Liliane Weissberg (* 1953), American literary scholar
- Liliane Zillner (* 1994), Austrian actress
Liliana:
- Liliana Allen (* 1970), Cuban-Mexican sprinter
- Liliana Bărbulescu (* 1982), Romanian middle-distance runner
- Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018), Argentine writer
- Liliana Bonfatti (born 1930), Italian actress
- Liliana Cátia (* 1976), Portuguese pop singer ( Ronalda )
- Liliana Cavani (* 1933), Italian film director and screenwriter
- Liliana Corobca (* 1975), Moldovan-Romanian literary scholar and writer
- Liliana Cosi (* 1941), Italian ballet dancer
- Liliana Díaz Carreño († 2010), Argentine politician
- Liliana Fernández Steiner (* 1987), Spanish beach volleyball player
- Liliana Gafencu (* 1975), Romanian rower
- Liliana Ginanneschi (* 1951), Italian film director and screenwriter
- Liliana Heer (* 1943), Argentine psychoanalyst and writer
- Liliana Heker (* 1943), Argentine journalist and writer
- Liliana Komorowska (* 1956), Polish-Canadian actress
- Liliana Lev , Russian singer and actress
- Liliana Lukin (* 1951), Argentine writer and poet
- Liliana Matthäus (* 1987), Ukrainian-German model
- Liliana Moro (* 1961), Italian installation artist
- Liliana Mumy (* 1994), American actress and voice actress
- Liliana Năstase (* 1962), Romanian athlete
- Liliana Nelska (* 1946), Austrian actress and interpreter
- Liliana Nikiteanu (* 1962), Romanian singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Liliana Picciotto (* 1947), Italian political scientist and historian
- Liliana Porter (* 1941), Argentine artist
- Liliana Rodrigues de Góis (* 1973), Portuguese humanities scholar and politician
- Liliana Segre (* 1930), Italian Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness
- Liliana Segura , American journalist and activist
- Liliana Vitale (* 1959), Argentine composer, singer and pianist
Name bearer
- Lilian Calmejane (* 1992), French racing cyclist
- Lilian Jégou (* 1976), French racing cyclist
- Lilian Laslandes (* 1971), French football player
- Lilian Thuram (* 1972), French football player
Fictional people
- Liliane Susewind , children's book series by Tanya Stewner
See also
- Lillian : United States Battleships and US locations
- (756) Lilliana : the name of an asteroid