A variant of Lilith, from an ancient Hebrew name associated with night spirits in old mythology.
Lillyth is a soft-edged variant of Lilith, one of the most ancient and storied names in Western culture. Lilith traces to the Hebrew 'lilit' and ultimately to the Akkadian 'lilitu,' a class of storm demons in Mesopotamian mythology. In post-biblical Jewish tradition, Lilith was recast as Adam's first wife — created from the same earth as Adam, she refused to be subordinate and was expelled from Eden, becoming a figure of fearsome independence.
The Alphabet of Ben-Sira (circa 700–1000 CE) codified this legend, and the name has carried its subversive charge ever since. Romantic and Victorian literature rehabilitated Lilith as a symbol of dangerous feminine beauty. Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 1868 painting 'Lady Lilith' and his poem 'Body's Beauty' fixed her in the Pre-Raphaelite imagination as an archetype of seductive power.
George MacDonald wrote a novel titled 'Lilith' in 1895, and the name became a byword in fin-de-siècle occult and artistic circles. S. Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' as the White Witch's ancestor, and later as the therapist in the television series 'Cheers' and 'Frasier' — a knowing nod to the name's association with formidable women.
The spelling Lillyth grafts the gentle floral familiarity of 'Lilly' onto the older root, smoothing its mythological edges without erasing them. Parents choosing this form often seek the name's depth and distinction while tempering its darker associations. It represents a broader trend of reclaiming complicated feminine archetypes and wearing them as names of pride.