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Lia

Lia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“weary”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
LEE-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Lia is the Italian and Portuguese form of Leah, from Hebrew. In some modern usage it also functions as a short form of names ending in -lia.

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How popular is Lia?

2024482 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lia in 20241,605

2024 rank#188 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188026,981

Lia is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Leahweary; uncertain · Hebrew
  • Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
  • Leameadow · English
  • Liahweary; or God is my Lord · Hebrew
  • Leighameadow · English
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew

Lia questions

What does the name Lia mean?

Lia means "weary". It comes from Hebrew. Lia is the Italian and Portuguese form of Leah, from Hebrew. In some modern usage it also functions as a short form of names ending in -lia.

Is Lia a boy or girl name?

Lia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lia?

1,605 US babies were named Lia in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Lia?

Lia is usually pronounced LEE-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.