Lillard
Meaning of Lillard
Pronounced LIL-erd, Lillard moves through language like a crane gliding over still water, his syllables spare yet deliberate, his history a quiet ink-wash of European edges and American echoes. Scholars trace his lineage to medieval France—perhaps a knightly Liud-hard, perhaps an islander “de l’Isle”—but on the far side of the world the name feels at home beneath a moonlit torii, where temple bells measure time with the same measured calm found in decades-old U.S. birth ledgers, each faint entry a paper lantern flickering along the shoreline of the twentieth century. Though rare, the name has gathered new resonance in the era of hardwood courts and bright arena lights thanks to basketball virtuoso Damian Lillard, lending the word a pulse of fierce resolve beneath its cool exterior. Thus Lillard stands today like a single white lily—yuri—beside a mountain path: understated, resilient, and ready to reveal its quiet strength to those who pause long enough to listen to the night wind.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as LIL-erd (/ˈlɪlərd/)
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Notable People Named Lillard
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