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Lelia

girl name
Origin
Latin
Syllables
3
Peak era
1890s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

from the ancient Roman family name Laelia, meaning uncertain

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lelia peaked in the 1890s.

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Popularity in Brazil

4,462 people · the #2,974 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 45,455 · median age 57

1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s

Among people named Lelia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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