Liana
Top 1000
About Liana
Liana is a pretty, graceful and simple name that doesn't fall flat. The name of a flowering tropical vine that grows in forests, it's an international gem that works well in multiple languages.
As a nature name, Liana derives from the French liane meaning "liana, clematis", however, it can also be considered a short form of Juliana, Liliana, Eliana, and similar, or, as a spelling variation of the compound name, Leanna.
A Top 100 choice in Switzerland and Slovenia, it also ranks in the Top 500 in the US, the UK, France, and the Netherlands but it would be familiar in Italy, Slovakia, Latvia, Brazil, and Armenia too.
Pronounced lee-AH-na.
As of October 2026, Liana ranked #386 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #387.
Editor's take: The name Liana is a girl's name of French origin meaning "to climb like a vine".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #581 | 523 | 292.8 |
| 2015 | #528 | 597 | 334.4 |
| 2016 | #466 | 684 | 386 |
| 2017 | #501 | 628 | 363.7 |
| 2018 | #487 | 646 | 379.8 |
| 2019 | #467 | 670 | 399.2 |
| 2020 | #462 | 668 | 413.2 |
| 2021 | #409 | 774 | 471.7 |
| 2022 | #451 | 698 | 425.6 |
| 2023 | #480 | 639 | 398.2 |
| 2024 | #418 | 743 | 458.6 |
| 2025 | #386 | 801 | 498.4 |
World rankings
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Liana on lists
Famous Lianas
- Liana Liberato
American actress
- Liana Kerzner
Canadian TV personality
- Liliana "Liana" Burgess
Italian translator; wife of novelist Anthony Burgess
- Liana
Gabriela Ungur, Romanian tennis player
- Liana Drahová
Slovak figure skater
Liana in pop culture
- Liana
character in movie "Barbie and the Diamond Castle"
- Liana
character in Shannon Hale book "Princess Academy"