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Out of interest I did a search on the IGI on familysearch.com. This searches old birth and marriage records generally from the 1700s-1800s in the UK. Using the common surname Smith, I get 231 Lillias, 184 Lilias and 2 Lileas. Using another common surname Campbell, I get 228 Lillias, 121 Lilias and 0 Lileas. So I stand corrected, Lillias with 2 l's is the most common.

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There is also 1 Lyleas Campbell, which might reflect a different pronunciation but this record is from 1654 when spelling was even less consistent so I don't think you can draw anything from it.