Given name & surname
Lien
“resembling the lotus”
Lien is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “resembling the lotus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “resembling the lotus.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lien through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 525
- 6 boys · 519 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,235 as a first name in 2020; 6,733 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lien
- Lien GisolfDutch athlete (1910–1993)
- Lien DeyersDutch film actress (1909-1982)
- Lien HuyghebaertBelgian sprinterborn 1982
- Lien Fang Yuformer Second Lady of Taiwanborn 1943
- Lien MermansBelgian association football playerborn 1990
- Lady LinnBelgian jazz singerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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