Liyana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 425 babies a year in England and Wales.
Liyana by the numbers
In 2025, 425 babies in England and Wales were named Liyana. In the US, 86 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Liyana
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 Liyana. 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)
- Lilyanalily flower; a form of Lillian443 in the US (2017)
- Liyanahsoft, delicate, tender36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Livanawhite; a feminine form of Lev12 in the US (2017)
- Layana13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lyana15 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Liyana
Names that are said the same way as Liyana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Liyanna11 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Liyana
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