How to write “Lillian” in Korean
릴리언 ril-li-eon
What Korean friends call you
- 릴리언아 ril-li-eo-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 릴리언 씨 ril-li-eon-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Lillian
- 릴리언 21 (84%)
- 릴리안 4 (16%)
Korean labels of 25 people named Lillian on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Lillian Gish 릴리언 (sometimes 릴리안); Lillian Hellman 릴리언 (sometimes 릴리안).
Well-known people named Lillian, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Lillian Wald — 릴리언 왈드
- Lillian Copeland — 릴리언 코플랜드
- Lillian Asplund — 릴리언 애스플런드
172,062 babies were named Lillian in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 264th most common name.
Block by block
- 릴 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 릴: Lily 릴리 · April 에이프릴 · Cheryl 셰릴
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
- 언 = ㅇ + ㅓ + ㄴ · 4 strokes
Also in 언: Ryan 라이언 · Brian 브라이언 · Owen 오언
릴리언 takes 15 strokes in all.
More names: Dominic 도미닉 · Zoe 조이 · Xavier 재비어 · Leah 레아 · Mary 메리
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