Save Gender Feminine Usage Croatian Pronounced Pron. LEL-ee-yah [key] Other Forms FormsLelia Meaning & History Croatian form of Laelia. There is a poem from the famous Croatian poet Dragutin Tadijanović (1905.-2007.) named "Lelija".
Save Gender Feminine Usage German (East Prussian) Meaning & History In the case of the East Prussian German name, Lelija is not a derivative of Ancient Roman Laelia.The name is derived from either Old Prussian lelija, lėlijates "lily" or else from Prussian-Lithuanian lelius "buttercup".