The Hebrews borrowed the word from the Egyptians as “shoshannah” (שׁוֹשַׁנָּה) meaning “lily” and the ancient Greeks first used “souson” from the same place. The Hebrew Shohanna gave us the names Susanna, Susan, Suzette, etc (all meaning “lily”, too).
The Biblical baby name Lily is Latin/ Old English in origin and its meaning is a flowering plant.
Meanings and history of the name Yuri
Russian and Ukrainian form of George. Although often associated with the Russian name, Yuri is also a Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean name as well. In Hebrew, Yuri or Uri means "the light of God".
In Japanese, depending on the characters used to spell the name, it could also mean "abundant ideals".
Pronounced: YOO-ree
Common Japanese female name that may be written with the character for "lily". It is also the Japanese vocabulary word for lily. Other possible combinations of characters include "tenderness; superiority" (yu) and "reason; justice; truth" (ri).
As a Russian and Ukrainian male name, Yuri is a variant transcription of Yuriy (or Jurij), the Russian variant of George. A famous bearer of the name is Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first person in space and the first human to orbit the Earth.