Lyanna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 317 babies a year in the US.
How Lyanna has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2017 | #861 |
| 2018 | #848 |
| 2019 | #605 |
| 2020 | #766 |
| 2021 | #974 |
| 2024 | #957 |
| 2025 | #877 |
Lyanna by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Lyanna. In the US, 317 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 the US than in England and Wales.
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 Lyanna
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 Lyanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lyanna
Names that are said the same way as Lyanna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lyanna
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