Livan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Livan by the numbers

Livan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 66 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Livan

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

  • Liangraceful willow or connected244 in the US (2017)
  • Libanincense; frankincense14 in the US (2017)
  • Liyan10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lihan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavan4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)

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