Given name & surname
Lieu
“of the willow tree”
Lieu is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “of the willow tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “of the willow tree.”
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 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lieu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 7 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 7 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,969 as a first name in 2020; 3,829 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.
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