This name is very cute, feminine and youthful in my opinion. The « Lili » spelling is also French. I like the « Lily » spelling too, sounds a little more complete, but I think you could combine Lili with other names so it would sound less simple and childish, like Lili-Rose which is a classic.
Lili is also commonly used in the country of Georgia, where it can be a short form of ლილიანა (Liliana) as well as be an independent name. In the latter case, it is effectively a georgianization of both Lili (as a short form of Elizabeth) and the English name Lily.You see, Lili does not natively occur in Georgian as a short form of ელისაბედ (Elisabed). Short forms for that name include Elisa/Eliza and Lisa/Liza, whilst the diminutives include Eliko and Liziko.Neither is the name derived from a word that means "lily" and also resembles the name, e.g. the Georgian word for the flower is შროშანი (shroshani). There is the name ლილია (Lilia), which is a georgianization of the Russian name Лилия (Liliya), but that name is not popular enough to justify the much higher popularity of Lili. As such, it seems most likely that Lili as an independent name is a georgianization of both the English name Lily and the European diminutive of Elizabeth.Lastly, the name Lili is written as ლილი in Georgian.- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=127 (in Georgian) - see the entry for Lili: https://web.archive.org/web/20130130184948/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=search&by=%E1%83%9A&nr_page=2 (in Georgian; the entry's own page unfortunately was not archived) - see the entry for Lili: http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4314/ (in Georgian; this website copied the complete entry of the prior link) - http://www.orthodoxy.ge/sakhelebi/ka/d_lasi.htm (in Georgian; this is a list of female saints whose name starts with L) - Lili Goksadze (b. 1935), a Georgian linguist: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94 (in Georgian) - Lili Ioseliani (1922-2014), a Georgian theatre director: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98 (in Georgian) - Lily Collins (b. 1989), known in Georgian as Lili Kolinzi: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%96%E1%83%98 (in Georgian)Of course, you can also find plenty of bearers on social media. On Facebook, you can perform an exact search using keywords like "Lili" + "Tbilisi" or simply "ლილი". Be sure not to search for just "Lili", because then you will be overwhelmed with bearers from other countries.If you don't have an account on LinkedIn, you can go to Google and do an exact search for "Lili" + "ge.linkedin". That should show all the bearers that allow for their LinkedIn account to be available on Google.
Lili is also the spelling of the name used in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. It is used on a regular basis but both Lilia and Liliana are much more common. In general all of the Lili-names are more common for women over 40 in Romania and Moldova and not used very much on young girls. Lilia is by far the most common.
Lili (pronounced lee-lee) is also a modern Hebrew name meaning "lily", although the Hebrew equivalent for lily has traditionally been Shoshana (also sometimes used as the Hebrew for "rose"; cf the modern Varda and Vered, "rose").
It's a very pretty name for a girl and looks much better written in cursive then Lily. I find the spelling "Lily" to be quite plain and unorginal, it's always the name of the best friend in movies. Lilli is just odd, Leelee I don't even know what to say to that.Overall if I was going to name a girl something pretty I would name her Lili. Oh and this could also be short for Lilianna.
― Anonymous User 1/12/2008
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Reminds me of Marlene Dietrich's song 'Lili Marlene' which I love.
I adore this name, mainly because it used to be my nickname when I was a little girl (pronounced as Lee-lee). I only hated it because most people would end up calling me Lil-ee by mistake.
― Anonymous User 7/7/2006
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There is also a Chinese name Lili, pronounced Lee-LEE. It means "beautiful".