Lliam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-am
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Lliam is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will-helmet, resolute protector”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Lliam mean?
Germanic: spelling of Liam; Irish short form of William
“will-helmet, resolute protector”
A short form of Uilliam, the Irish form of William, from Germanic words for will and helmet.
Meaning borrowed from Liam. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lliam a girl's or a boy's name?
Lliam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lliam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Lliam, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Lliam than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Lliam in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21,074 boys in the US were given Lliam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Lliam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Lliam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hendrix Eliam Callum Legend Gael Harlem Hudson Luca Beckett Ledger Milo Beckham
Other spellings of Lliam
More Germanic names
Amelia Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Lliam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lliam, updated 20 October 2026.