Liv: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LIV · 1 syllable

Liv means “protection; life”, from Norse.

From Old Norse hlif (“protection”), today associated with the vocabulary word liv (“life”).

How popular is Liv?

Liv was the #895 name in the US in 2025, given to 296 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Liv in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Liv are older than 22; most are between 18 and 52. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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

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

Liv means “protection; life”. It comes from Norse.

Liv is pronounced LIV.

Liv was the #895 name in the US in 2025, given to 296 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Liv are older than 22. Most are between 18 and 52.