Liana: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced lee-AH-nuh · 3 syllables

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Shortened from Juliana and Liliana. Cognate with English Liana.

How popular is Liana?

Liana was the #385 name in the US in 2025, given to 801 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Liana in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Liana are older than 31; most are between 18 and 62. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Liana have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Liana is pronounced lee-AH-nuh.

Liana was the #385 name in the US in 2025, given to 801 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Liana are older than 31. Most are between 18 and 62.