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Lillie

Lillie is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Female
Confidence
High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain, Sweden
US records 1880–2017
873 male / 155,610 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Lillie

If you do not know Lillie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Lillie,” in English, “Guten Tag Lillie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Lillie,

German

Guten Tag Lillie,

French

Bonjour Lillie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Lillie:

Chinese

Lillie您好：

Japanese

Lillie様

English

Hi Lillie,

German

Hi Lillie,

French

Salut Lillie,

Spanish

Hola Lillie,

Chinese

Lillie你好：

Japanese

Lillieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Lillie by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesvery commonwoman's name
Great Britainrarewoman's name
Swedenrarewoman's name

United States birth data

873 male · 155,610 female · 156,483 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.6%Female ≈ 99.4%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lillie a male or female name?

Lillie is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Lillie in an email?

If you do not know Lillie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Lillie,” in English, “Guten Tag Lillie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Lillie a unisex name?

Lillie is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Lillie a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/lillie. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_lillie,
  title  = {Is Lillie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/lillie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}