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Liana

Short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names that end in liana.

PronunciationItalian /ˈlja.na/; English /li.ˈæn.ə/; English /li.ˈɑːn.ə/
Usage languagesEnglish, Georgian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
US rank (2025)#385

Meaning and history

Liāna is a short form of Juliana, Liliana, and other names ending in liana; it is also the word for a type of vine that grows in jungles.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 391 births, rank #720
2007: 428 births, rank #684
2008: 513 births, rank #599
2009: 520 births, rank #585
2010: 554 births, rank #526
20112011: 644 births, rank #463
2012: 545 births, rank #545
2013: 514 births, rank #565
2014: 523 births, rank #581
2015: 597 births, rank #525
20162016: 684 births, rank #466
2017: 628 births, rank #499
2018: 646 births, rank #487
2019: 670 births, rank #466
2020: 669 births, rank #462
20212021: 774 births, rank #409
2022: 699 births, rank #449
2023: 640 births, rank #478
2024: 748 births, rank #418
20252025: 801 births, rank #385

Liana rose from #418 to #386 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 801.