Lillie

July 30, 2014 § 1 Comment

ORIGIN:
Shortened version of “Lillian“, “Lilith”, etc., and variant spelling of “Lily“.

VARIATIONS or NICKNAMES:
Lil, Lili, Lily, Lilly, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Lillie (Lillian Moller) Gilbreth (b. 1878), the industrial engineer and efficiency expert whose family life is related in Cheaper By the Dozen (1948) and Belles on Their Toes (1950), written by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

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