Meaning and background
The story behind Lilla
Lilla has an established Hungarian history as a diminutive of either Lívia or Lídia. Behind the Name identifies both longer forms, so the spelling need not belong to only one name family. Its recorded Hungarian pronunciation gives the initial syllable stress and preserves the doubled consonant. The source verifies this specific naming tradition rather than deriving Lilla from the English flower word lily on the strength of resemblance alone.
- Origin
- Hungarian diminutive of Lívia or Lídia. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Lilla appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/lɪlə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/lɪlə/ · primary stress on syllable 1L IH1 L AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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