Liannah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Liannah by the numbers
Liannah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Liannah
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 Liannah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Liannato bind or wrap around; a name in its own right207 in the US (2017)
- Leannah13 in the US (2017)
- Lannah6 in the US (2017)
- Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leannameadow; a form of Lea or Leanne378 in the US (2017)
- Liyanahsoft, delicate, tender36 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Liannah
Names that are said the same way as Liannah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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