Given name
Liya
“The Lord's daughter”
Liya is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord's daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord's daughter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Liya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,375
- 0 boys · 2,375 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 165 babies
- 2025
- 165
- #1,344 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 165 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,344 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,772 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.
Liya’s family of names
Liya has a related form in Liyah. Liya has a related form in Leeya. Liya has a related form in Leeyah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Liya
- Liya KebedeEthiopian model and actress (born 1978)
- Liya AkhedzhakovaSoviet and Russian actressborn 1938
- Tong LiyaChinese actressborn 1984
- Liya Brooksassociation football playerborn 2005
- Liya NurkinaOlympic taekwondo practitionerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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