Liyana

Meaning and origin of Liyana

Popularity of Liyana in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Liyana has been rising fast (+12.2% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Liyana every 1.9 schools, all spellings combined.

Liyana in English-speaking countries

Liyana ranks 149^th in England and Wales, against 401^st in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  149^th girls’ name1,017 babies in 3 years1 girl in 755+14.3% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  321^st girls’ name112 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,379+7.8% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  444^th girls’ name20 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,719

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  783^rd girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 6,617

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,354^th girls’ name503 babies in 3 years1 girl in 9,606+11.5% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Liyana and Lïyana are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Lïyana10
• Lyana (in French)2,760
• Lyanna (in French)640
• Liana575
• Lyhana (in French)80
• Lïana65
• Lyanah (in French)55
• Lianna (in French)40
• Lyannah (in French)35
• Lyhanna (in French)35
• Liyanna (in French)25
• Liyanah (in French)25
• Lihana15
• Liyannah10
• Lyahna10
• Lianah10
• Lyäna (in French)5
• Lyiana5
• Llyana5
• Liannah5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Liyana

• Maïmouna
• Assiya
• Kadiatou
• Aleyna
• Mariama
• Mariya
• Aïssata
• Aïssatou
• Leyla
• Salimata
• Safiya
• Yasmina

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin