Li
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Li by the numbers
Li was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Li
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Li. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Luvarious meanings in Chinese; often abbreviation6 in the US (2017)