Liana
Featured in baby name books
Liana is a French name meaning “to twine around” or “twist like a vine,” evoking a climbing vine. Liana may relate to Elaine and Helen or shorten Liliana and Juliana; used moderately since the 1970s, its sound blends Hawaiian, Arabic, and old-Hollywood echoes. Liana is also given a Latin meaning, “youth.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
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Usage of Liana in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Liana against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Liana is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Liana in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 801 girls were named Liana, making it the #385 girls' name in the US. Since 1929, 20,666 girls have been named Liana, with the most (801) in 2025. It is most common, relative to births, in Hawaii, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Liana in other languages
- Lina Dutch, German, Italian, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish
- Juliana Dutch, English, Spanish, Swedish
- Elizabeth Dutch, English, French
- Lana Dutch, Latvian, Slovenian
- Liane Dutch, German
- Giuliana Italian
- Laina Finnish
- Liena Latvian
- Lilana Polish
- Ульяна Russian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Liana
There are 3 towns and villages with Liana in their name, in 3 countries.
🇩🇿 Algeria 1🇵🇪 Peru 1🇵🇰 Pakistan 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Basti Liana | Punjab, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Liana | Biskra, 🇩🇿 Algeria | – | Map |
| Liana | Ayacucho, 🇵🇪 Peru | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Liana
There are 1 lakes and reservoirs with Liana in their name.
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| Loch na Liana Mòire | Scotland, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Celebrities named Liana
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Liana.
Liana K
Liana Orfei
Liana Ungur
Fictional characters named Liana
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
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