Gender: Girl
Meaning: To bind, vine, youthful
Origin: French/Latin
Popularity: Ranked #418 in 2024 with 743 babies born.
History: Liana surged in the 2010s-2020s as a name meaning 'to climb' in French — the tropical vine that Tarzan swings from. The name carries both French elegance and jungle adventure. In America, Liana represents names that sound gentle but carry wild, climbing energy — beautiful enough for a garden party, tough enough for the rainforest.
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Liana? About 1 in 4,480 babies born in 2024 were named Liana, or roughly 2 per day in the United States.
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