MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Lil mean?
Lil is a familiar shortened form in the Leela name group. Sanskrit līlā covers play and, in devotional language, the divine acts narrated in stories of Krishna.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लील
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Lil in Indian usage
4,256 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (80.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,414 records (80.2%).
- Recorded as male: 842 records (19.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 402 |
| 1950s | 667 |
| 1960s | 885 |
| 1970s | 944 |
| 1980s | 854 |
| 1990s | 297 |
| Other decades | 207 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 1,366 |
| Rajasthan | 1,109 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,016 |
| Bihar | 184 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 120 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 104 |
| Other states | 357 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, līlā, p. 903,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.