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[Facts] Lileas
Does anyone know how to pronounce the Scottish girls name Lileas?
It is the Scottish form of Lillian
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Lilias is pronounced LIL-ee-əs. I don't know if Lileas is the same or not.
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There was a Lilias in a college course I took - Lil-ee-as.
As far as I know Lileas is merely a variant spelling. (Says so in the big Hanks and Hodge Oxford Book of Names)
It was originally a Scottish pet form of Elizabeth that evolved into an independent name and became identified with the lily.
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Lileas is pronounced LAY-lish, I think. Nice name!
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Wrong. That would be using Irish Gaelic rules, not Scottish Gaelic.
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