Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In French and English use, Liane is a short form of Éliane. Éliane has been associated with Latin, Late Latin, and Greek naming traditions. Liane is a variant of Liana. Liana has been associated with French and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Liane is a short form of Éliane.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Liane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,879
- 0 boys · 3,879 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 124 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,556 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,556 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 124 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,089 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Liane’s family of names
Liane is a short form of Éliane. Liane has a related form in Liana. Liane has a related form in Lianne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Liane
- Liane de PougyFrench courtesan, dancer and novelist, editor1869–1950
- Liane HaidActress, singer (1895-2000)
- Liane AugustinGerman-Austrian singer1928–1978
- Liane MoriartyAustralian authorborn 1966
- Liane ZimblerAustrian-American architect and interior architect (1892–1987)
- Liane LippertGerman cyclistborn 1998
- Liane BalabanCanadian actressborn 1980
- Liane BuhrEast German coxswainborn 1956
- Liane RussellAmerican geneticist1923–2019
Characters named Liane: Liane Cartman (South Park).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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