Liyanah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-YAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,019 for girls
Liyanah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies).
Where does Liyanah come from?
Arabic: spelling of Liyana
Is Liyanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Liyanah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liyanah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,019th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 105% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Liyanah, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th.
2025 had the most girls named Liyanah of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Liyanah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 487 girls in the UK were given Liyanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #132, up from #1,019 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 973rd in England and Wales.
Liyanah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #1,019 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
Names like Liyanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Ruqayyah, Safa, Aafiyah, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Umaymah, Zainab, Aaminah, Sumayyah, Khadija
Other spellings of Liyanah
Names related to Liyanah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Liyanah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liyanah, updated 20 October 2026.