Origin: | Latin, Celtic, Irish, Chinese, Old English, Hebrew |
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Meaning: | dedicated to Jupiter, little warrior, bright-headed, little church, lotus flower, waterfall, of the clearing, grace, favor |
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The unisex name Lian has many different roots and comes from various names, such as Killian, Julian or Lianne. Lian means “dedicated to Jupiter,” “little warrior,” “lotus flower,” “waterfall,” or “grace.”
Lian is a unisex name. The boy’s name Lian is considered a German short form of e.g. Kilian, Gillian or Julian. Lian is also a Chinese name for boys and girls. The feminine name Lian is a common name in the Netherlands and is derived from the name Lianne.
The boy’s name Lian means “of the family of the Julii,” “dedicated to Jupiter,” or “devoted to Jove” (from Julian or Gillian) and “little warrior,” “bright-headed,” “monk’s cell,” or “little church” (from Kilian). The Chinese unisex name Lian means “graceful willow tree,” “lotus flower” (from “lián/莲”) or “waterfall” (from “lián/濂”). The girl’s name Lian has the meanings “of the clearing” and “grace” or “favor” (from Lianne).
Female variants of the name Lian are the names Liane or Liana. Similar boy’s names are Liam, Liak, Lianel, Lianh, Liano, Liart, Lias, Lion or Lio. Popular Nicknames are Li, Lii, Lee, Lia, Lie and Lini.
There are some anagrams of the name Lian. Anagrams are words formed by rearranging the letters of another. These are Nail or Nial. Nail is Lian spelled backwards.
As Lian is a short unisex name, a middle name can be used as a gender specification. Popular masculine middle names are Noah, Jean, Pepe or Phillip. For girls, popular middle names are Edith, Maria, Melissa, Lara, Nicole, Veronica or Shelly.
These names harmonize well with Lian because they are short and modern, are often easy to understand internationally and also match the sound of Lian:
For girls or sisters: Mila, Lina, Nina, Sophie, Emma, Maya, Elin, Lea, Nele & [Ella(/en/ella/).
For boys or brothers: Luca, Milo, Finn, Noah, Emil, Elias, Levi, Leo, Jona & [Sam(/en/sam/).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Lian is currently ranked #326 on the name leaderboard.
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