Liany

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Liany by the numbers

Liany was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Liany

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 Liany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Liangraceful willow or connected244 in the US (2017)
  • Liannfair; a form of Lian6 in the US (2017)
  • Lianeto bind; from vine or climbing plant
  • Liani29 in the US (2017)
  • Lianny25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Liany

Names that are said the same way as Liany, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Liany

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