Leliana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- leh-lee-AH-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Leliana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Leliana mean?
Modern: elaboration of Lelia or Liliana
Leliana is a bard in the Dragon Age video games.
Is Leliana a girl's or a boy's name?
Leliana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leliana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Leliana, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Leliana in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leliana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Nicknames for Leliana
- Lela 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Leliana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avianna, Cataleya, Analeia, Daleyza, Luna, Lyanna, Aubriella, Luciana, Amoura, Arabella, Seraphina, Elianna
Names related to Leliana
Leilani, Liliana, Leilany, Lilyana, Lelani, Leilana, Leiliana, Lyliana
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leliana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leliana, updated 20 October 2026.