Liyanah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning soft, delicate, tender.
Babies a year
36
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#973
36 babies
Liyanah by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Liyanah.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Liyanah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Liyaanahsoft; gentle; a feminine form of Liyaan3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liyana425 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liyanaah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilyanalily flower; a form of Lillian443 in the US (2017)
- Liyahweary; a form of Leah87 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Liyanah
Names that are said the same way as Liyanah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Liyanna11 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Liyanah, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Liyanah
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