Meaning of the nameLia

Lia is a feminine biblical name, one of the Portuguese forms of Leah, the first wife of Jacob; the sense of the Hebrew Leʾa is debated.

Meaning

The meaning of Lia is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 23,649
Rank in Brazil: #952
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 17,486; people

Lia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (4,938 people).

23,456 women 193 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.030%
Roraima 0.027%
Amapá 0.026%
Piauí 0.025%
Ceará 0.025%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,125	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	3,021	0.019%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,639	0.024%
Ceará	2,178	0.025%
Pará	1,846	0.023%
Maranhão	1,227	0.018%
Amazonas	1,176	0.030%
Santa Catarina	1,172	0.015%
Paraná	1,020	0.009%
Piauí	824	0.025%
Minas Gerais	813	0.004%
Goiás	490	0.007%
Bahia	485	0.003%
Distrito Federal	431	0.015%
Espírito Santo	373	0.010%
Mato Grosso	278	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	247	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	199	0.006%
Amapá	192	0.026%
Pernambuco	183	0.002%
Roraima	172	0.027%
Tocantins	135	0.009%
Paraíba	113	0.003%
Rondônia	96	0.006%
Acre	82	0.010%
Alagoas	72	0.002%
Sergipe	60	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Lia

Wiktionary records Lia in Portuguese as a feminine name and as the biblical name of Leah, the eldest daughter of Laban, with Leia as a synonym; Behind the Name gives Lia and Leia as Portuguese forms of Leah, the first wife of Jacob. For the Hebrew Leʾa, Behind the Name points to the word laʾa, 'weary, afflicted', as probable, and cites the alternative of Akkadian littu, 'cow'; Wiktionary, in the Latin entry Līa, gives 'cow'. For this reason, the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,649 people named Lia, with a median age of 24; the largest group is that of those born from 2020 to 2022 and, proportionally, the name is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

Wiktionary: Lia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Leah · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Lia

What does the name Lia mean?

The meaning of Lia is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Lia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,649 people with the first name Lia, which ranks it number 952 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Lia a boy's or a girl's name?

Lia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 23,456 women and 193 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lia?

Lia is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lia most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.030% of the state's population is named Lia (1,176 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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