Lilly Family History
Lilly Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English female personal name Lylie probably from the name of the flower Middle English lilie lelie ‘lily’. English: habitational name from Lelley in East Yorkshire or Lilley in Hertfordshire. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English lǣl ‘twig brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English līn ‘flax’ + lēah. Irish: Anglicized shortened form of Allely .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022