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Liyana

Liyana: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“softness, tenderness”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
lee-YAH-nuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Liyana is used as an Arabic name related to roots conveying softness or gentleness. It is also sometimes treated as a variant of Liana in other naming contexts.

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How popular is Liyana?

202444.0 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 Liyana in 2024147

2024 rank#1,484 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,449

Liyana is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Liyana

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Lianato twine like a vine · French
  • Leannamodern blend of Lee and Anna · English
  • Liannato climb like a vine · French
  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic

Liyana questions

What does the name Liyana mean?

Liyana means "softness, tenderness". It comes from Arabic. Liyana is used as an Arabic name related to roots conveying softness or gentleness. It is also sometimes treated as a variant of Liana in other naming contexts.

Is Liyana a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Liyana?

147 US babies were named Liyana in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Liyana?

Liyana is usually pronounced lee-YAH-nuh.

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.