How to Write Lily in Cursive

Your name in school cursive with the capital, the joins and the tricky spots explained, plus a printable practice sheet.

By Maya Chen, lettering designer and type educator · Checked by Jordan Hale · October 2026 · How we review content

"Lily" in Playwrite US Trad, a typeface modelled on traditional school cursive.

Lily has only four letters, but three of them are narrow upright strokes: i, l and the start of y. The challenge is keeping the i, l and y evenly spaced. There is no double l in this spelling.

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Letter by letter

Each distinct letter in "Lily" has its own stroke-by-stroke page.

The joins in Lily

Li: The L curl rises into a short i. Exit at the baseline.
il: The i rises into the tall l loop. Keep the loop narrow.
ly: The l exits at the baseline into the y, which starts with an overcurve and drops a loop below the baseline.

Tricky spots

The i dot: Add the dot after the name is finished.
The y loop: Keep it narrow and closed at the baseline.

The capital L

Capital L is a looped stroke ending with a curl at the baseline, and it connects into the i. Make the loop generous and keep the curl short.

Lily as a signature

A large L and a swooping y make a pleasing signature. The i dot can become a small circle or heart, if you like. Keep the y tail visible.

Short forms of Lily

Lily is already short and has no common shorter form.

As a tattoo

The y loop needs room below the line, and the i dot should be distinct from the l. A smaller tattoo works well because the name is short.

Printable practice sheet

Trace the grey letters, then write your own on the empty lines. Prints on one page (Letter or A4).

Cursive practice: Lily

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Copy-paste versions of Lily

Script ℒ𝒾𝓁𝓎 and bold script 𝓛𝓲𝓵𝔂 are generated by code from the Unicode mathematical script blocks, so you can paste either one anywhere that accepts Unicode text. Lily has a single borrowed character, the capital ℒ (U+2112), and the two lowercase letters l and y are ordinary script code points. Since the capital stands alone at the front, some apps draw it slightly larger or smaller than the rest. Use the bold script version if you want every glyph from one block.

Lily in cursive: questions

How do you write Lily in cursive?

Write a looped capital L, a short i, a tall l and a y with a descender loop. Dot the i at the end. Both l letters are just looped upstrokes, so the name is mostly practice in even spacing.

Is there a double l in Lily?

No. Lily is spelled L, i, l, y, so the l comes only once, after the i. Lilly with a double l is a separate spelling. The i dot is added last, and the y loop is the only part that goes below the line.

Does the L connect to the i?

Yes. Capital L ends with a curl that leads into the next letter. The L is a capital that leads into the i. Practise the L loop and its curl before adding the rest, and always dot the i last.