Meaning of the nameLiana

Liana is a feminine name that Behind the Name describes as a short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names ending in -liana.

Meaning

The meaning of Liana 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): 10,432
Rank in Brazil: #1,664
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 10,281; people

Liana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Liana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,905 people).

10,387 women 45 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 Liana is most common

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

Ceará 0.015%
Piauí 0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.011%
Maranhão 0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	1,321	0.015%
São Paulo	1,185	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,177	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	1,060	0.007%
Maranhão	722	0.011%
Santa Catarina	667	0.009%
Bahia	525	0.004%
Minas Gerais	502	0.002%
Paraná	489	0.004%
Piauí	414	0.013%
Pará	349	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	299	0.009%
Pernambuco	252	0.003%
Distrito Federal	241	0.009%
Goiás	211	0.003%
Amazonas	202	0.005%
Paraíba	176	0.004%
Espírito Santo	148	0.004%
Mato Grosso	92	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	79	0.003%
Alagoas	68	0.002%
Sergipe	57	0.003%
Tocantins	49	0.003%
Roraima	48	0.008%
Rondônia	47	0.003%
Amapá	30	0.004%
Acre	22	0.003%

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

About the name Liana

Behind the Name treats Liana as a short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names ending in -liana, and Wiktionary gives it as derived from Juliana or Eliana. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes it as Li + -ana, where -ana is the Latin suffix indicating origin or belonging; since the sources point to different bases, the name has no single meaning. Behind the Name notes that liana is also the word for a type of vine of tropical forests. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,432 people named Liana, with a median age of 38; proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Sources

Behind the Name: Liana · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Liana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Liana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ana) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Liana

What does the name Liana mean?

The meaning of Liana 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 Liana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,432 people with the first name Liana, which ranks it number 1,664 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Liana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,387 women and 45 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Liana?

Liana is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Liana most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.015% of the state's population is named Liana (1,321 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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