Lilja (first name)
Lilja is a female given name .
Origin and variants
The name is mostly used in Finnish and Icelandic and is related to Lily .
Another Finnish variant is Lilli .
In other languages the name is Liliya / Lilyana (Bulgarian), Ljiljana / Ljilja (Croatian), Lilly (Danish), Lilian / Lillia / Lillian / Lily / Leanna / Liana / Liliana / Lilianna / Lilliana / Lillie / Lilly (English), Lili / Liliane / Lilianne (French), Lili / Lilli (German), Lili / Liliána / Lilien (Hungarian), Líle (Irish), Lilia / Liliana / Liana (Italian), Lilija (Latvian), Lilija (Lithuanian), Liljana (Macedonian), Lilly (Norwegian), Liliana / Lilianna (Polish), Liliana / Liana / Lílian (Portuguese), Liliana / Liana (Romanian), Lilia / Liliya / Lilya (Russian), Lileas / Lilias / Lillias (Scottish), Ljiljana / Ljilja (Serbian), Lilijana (Slovenian), Lilia / Liliana (Spanish), Lilly (Swedish), Lilia / Liliya / Lilya (Ukrainian).
Well-known namesake
- Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (* 1973), Icelandic economist and politician
- Lilja Jurjewna Brik (1891–1978), Soviet director and sculptor
- Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (* 1972), Icelandic politician
- Lilja Kedrowa (1909–2000), Russian actress
- Lilja Löffler (* 1981), German actress
- Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir (* 1957), Icelandic politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Lilja. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .