the name "Lilla"

Guest   Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:09 pm GMT
What kind of name is this?
Etymologist   Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:36 pm GMT
The girl's name Lilla \l(il)-la\ is a variant of Lily.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Lilla


O.E. lilie, from L. lilia, pl. of lilium "a lily," cognate with greek. leirion, both perhaps borrowed from a corrupted pronunciation of an Egyptian word. Used in O.T. to translate Heb. shoshanna and in N.T. to translate Gk. krinon. The color sense of "pale, bloodless" led to lily-livered "cowardly" (1605, in "Macbeth;" see liver; the healthy liver is typically dark reddish-brown). The lily of the valley translates L. lilium convallium (Vulgate), a literal rendition of the Heb. term in Song of Solomon ii.1. It apparently was applied to a particular plant (Convallaria majalis) first by 16c. Ger. herbalists.

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Guest   Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:15 pm GMT
Lila means purple in German.
Guest   Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:34 pm GMT
LILLA, not lila.
Etymologist   Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:48 pm GMT
The girl's name Lilla \l(il)-la\ is a variant of Lily.

More? it Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.
Lila is the French word for lilac. It's pronounced lee-LA.
Lila or Lilah also means "night" in Arabic.

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