Llion

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Llion is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).

What does Llion mean?

Welsh

Recalls Llyn Llion, a lake in Welsh legend whose bursting banks caused a great flood.

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

Llion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Llion in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,329among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 11% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Llion, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys.

2025 had more boys named Llion than any year since 2015.

Half of all the boys named Llion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20052025

Llion in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#3,329
2024	4	#4,346
2023	0	–
2022	4	#4,195
2021	4	#4,188
2020	3	#4,803
2019	3	#4,913
2018	3	#4,959
2017	0	–
2016	5	#3,655
2015	9	#2,425
2014	7	#2,843
2013	12	#1,901
2012	6	#3,167
2011	14	#1,697
2010	11	#2,013
2009	8	#2,445
2008	9	#2,212
2007	7	#2,554
2006	15	#1,423
2005	15	#1,384
2004	3	#3,792
2003	3	#3,593
2002	8	#1,728
2001	3	#3,255
2000	5	#2,237
1999	8	#1,582
1998	5	#2,170
1997	10	#1,319
1996	7	#1,652

Names like Llion

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Dylan Owen Ryan Aiden Morgan Hayden Declan Nathan Aaron Lewis Leon William

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