"Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little". It is often spelled with an apostrophe as "Lil'" or "Li'l".

When used as a prefix in comic or animation it refers to a specific style of drawing where the characters appear in a chubby, childlike style. These are normally characterisations of adults (real or fictional) and are particularly common in Manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 or satire (such as Lil Bush).

Artists with the short form for little

• Lil' 1/2 Dead
  Lil' 1/2 Dead
  Donald Smith is a hip hop music artist better known by his stage name Lil' ½ Dead. He is the cousin of hip hop artists Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy, and Snoop Dogg....
  
  , American rapper
• Lil Bastard, American wrestler
• Lil' Boosie, American rapper
• Lil' Bow Wow (today only Bow Wow), American rapper and actor
• Lil' Brotha, American rapper
• Lil' Cease
  Lil' Cease
  James Lloyd, is an American rapper and member of hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A..Cease's first album release was Conspiracy with the Junior M.A.F.I.A in 1995....
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Chris
  Lil' Chris
  Christopher James Hardman , more commonly known by his stage name Lil' Chris, is an English singer-songwriter, DJ and television personality.-Rock School:...
  
  , British pop singer
• Lil' Everybody, North American rapper from the future
• Lil' Flip
  Lil' Flip
  Wesley Eric Weston, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is a American multi-platinum hiphop artist best known for his singles Sunshine, "Game Over" and Rollin on 20's from the 2 Fast 2 Furious Soundtrack....
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Fizz
  Lil' Fizz
  Dreux Pierre Frédéric , better known as Lil' Fizz, is an American rapper and actor. He was best known for being the youngest member of the R&B group, B2K....
  
  , American rapper and actor
• Lil' J
  Lil' J
  Jonathan McDaniel , known as Lil' J, is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Devon Carter on the hit Disney Channel show That's So Raven. He has also appeared in the direct-to-video release Nora's Hair Salon...
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Jon, American music producer
• Lil' Keke
  Lil' Keke
  Marcus Lakee Edwards , better known by his stage name Lil' Keke, is a rapper from Houston, Texas and an original member of the Screwed Up Click.-Music career:...
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Kim
  Lil' Kim
  Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A.....
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Malik, (today Mr. Malik) American rapper
• Lil' Mama, American rapper
• Lil' Mo
  Lil' Mo
  Cynthia Loving , also known by her stage name Lil' Mo, is an American R&B singer, Washington, D.C. radio personality, songwriter & record producer. She is best known for collaborating with artists such as Ja Rule, Angie Martinez, Sacario, Missy Elliott, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Fabolous, and for her...
  
  , American singer
• Lil Poison
  Lil Poison
  Victor De Leon III aka Lil Poison is the youngest professional video gamer. Born on May 6, 1998 in Long Island, New York, Lil Poison became the youngest pro gamer at the age of 6 years old when a gaming league signed him as a professional gamer...
  
  , Professional video gamer
• Lil' O
  Lil' O
  Lil' O is a southern rapper, born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Southwest Houston, Texas. He is an original member of DJ Screw's Screwed Up Click. He was also known as O or Da Fat Rat Wit Da Cheeze...
  
  , American rapper
• Lil Rob
  Lil Rob
  Roberto Flores , best known by his stage name Lil Rob, is a Mexican American rapper, producer, and actor-Biography:...
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Romeo (today only Romeo), American actor and rapper
• Lil' Ronnie
  Lil' Ronnie
  Lil' Ronnie, born Ronnie Jackson is a music producer from Kansas City, Missouri, Atlanta, Georgia who produced tracks for such artists as R. Kelly, T.I., Bow Wow, Britney Spears T-Pain, Usher, Mary J blige, Ciara, Reuben Studdard and many more. In 2009 he released the single Addicted featuring Bow...
  
   American music producer
• Lil' Scrappy, American rapper
• Lil' T, Danish rapper and singer
• Lil Wayne
  Lil Wayne
  Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
  
  , American rapper
• Lil' Will, American rapper
• Lil' Wyte, American rapper
• Lil' Zane, American rapper and dancer
• Lil' Twist, American rapper
• Lil' Chuckee, American rapper
• Lil'ie Jacobson, American Historian/ Rabbi
• Lil' P-Nut, Memphis Elementary School Student/ Rapper
• Lil' Rascals, He-Man-Woman-Haters

As a short form for Lillian

• Lil Green
  Lil Green
  Lil Green was an American blues singer and songwriter.-Life and career:Originally named Lillian Green, she was born in Mississippi; after the early deaths of her parents, she went to Chicago, Illinois, where she began performing in her teens and where she would make all of her recordings.Green was...
  
  , American blues singer and songwriter
• Lil Hardin, American jazz-musician
• Lil Rounds
  Lil Rounds
  Lil Rounds is an American singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who was the seventh place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Following the conclusion of Idol, Rounds was signed to a record deal with Bungalo Records. Her debut album was to be released in 2010 but has been pushed back for a...
  
  , Contestant on Season 8 of American Idol
  American Idol
  American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
  
  
• Lil DeVille, Character on American animated television show Rugrats
  Rugrats
  Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....