Lyana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lyana by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Lyana. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Lyana
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 Lyana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lanabright or fair; a form of Helen or Alana185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luanatrue or loyal leisure; Hawaiian name27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leanameadow; a form of Leanne or Lea73 in the US (2017)
- Lynnalake; a variant of Lynn or Linda8 in the US (2017)
- Liyana425 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Lyana
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