Lian

Where Lian comes from

Lian hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1962
    Lian Ross born
    German singer
  2. 1984
    First appearance
    #6,315 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2004
    Lian Bichsel born
    Swiss ice hockey player
  4. 2006
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #428
    752 babies named Lian — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lian Ross · German singer, born 1962
  • Lian Bichsel · Swiss ice hockey player, born 2004
  • Lian Lunson · Australian film director and actress, born 1959
  • Lian Tran · Dutch tennis player, born 2002
  • Lian Gerbino · Argentine musician, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.