Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lyanne is a variant of Liana. Liana has been associated with French and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lyanne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 427
- 0 boys · 427 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,523 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,523 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 96 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 597 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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