Girl's name
Liliana
Say it lil-ee-AH-nuh
Roots in Latin, Italian and Spanish from Lilian, lily
4 syllables
Where Liliana is loved, common and rare
Common across Poland and three more places. Rare in four German cities, Austria, Canada and ten more places.
1 in 1,111 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Poland 15thCologne 122ndMunich 124th
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Every place
In 22 of the 40 official lists, among them Poland (15th), Cologne (122nd) and Munich (124th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 15th 2025 | 2,408 | 1 in 50 |
| Hungary as Liliána | 43rd 2025 | 254 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 87th 2025 | 18 | rank only |
| Cologne city | 122nd 2023 | 10 | about 1 in 614 |
| Munich city | 124th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 419 |
| Austria | 142nd 2025 | 44 | 1 in 812 |
| Ontario province | 178th 2024 | 62 | about 1 in 878 |
| England and Wales | 208th 2025 | 228 | 1 in 1,111 |
| British Columbia province | 240th 2023 | 13 | about 1 in 920 |
| Scotland | 242nd 2025 | 15 | 1 in 1,193 |
| Switzerland | 245th 2025 | 28 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Quebec province | 297th 2025 | 18 | about 1 in 1,445 |
| Norway | 315th 2025 | 11 | 1 in 1,981 |
| Berlin city | 339th 2023 | 9 | about 1 in 1,612 |
| Italy | 343rd 2024 | 43 | 1 in 4,167 |
| Ireland | 352nd 2025 | 11 | 1 in 1,921 |
| The Netherlands | 392nd 2025 | 34 | about 1 in 1,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 397th 2025 | 3 | 1 in 2,429 |
| Sweden | 558th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 4,017 |
| France | 884th 2025 | 40 | 1 in 7,170 |
| Bonn city | 99th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 502 |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand, Rostock, Spain, Catalonia, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Liliana is borrowed from the English Lilian, and through Lilian it carries the meaning 'lily'. Its origins are given as Latin, Italian and Spanish.
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Its four syllables, lil-ee-AH-nuh, give it a flowing, musical sound. Liliána is an accented spelling, Lilian, Lillian and Liliane are close relatives, and Lilianna and Ljiljana are forms in other languages. Lily and Lili sit naturally beside it.
Liliana ranks high in Poland and Hungary and is used in Austria, South Australia, Ontario, and England and Wales. The French records place its peak in 2015, and its trend today is evenly balanced between rises and falls.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- lil-ee-AH-nuh, 4 syllables
- Meaning
- from Lilian,
lily
- Origin
- Latin, Italian and Spanish
- Other spellings
- Liliane
- Lillian
- Lilianna
- Lilian
- Lilana
- Liljana
- Liljan
- Ljiljana
- Lilianne
- Lilyana
Counted together here: Liliána.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 7 of 20 regions, falling in 6.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 170 | 186 | 177 | 201 | 197 | 208 | 212 | 201 | 244 | 208 |
| Scotland | 191 | 178 | 160 | 216 | 203 | 274 | 223 | 197 | 244 | 242 |
| Northern Ireland | 211 | 296 | 218 | 213 | 192 | 350 | 266 | 391 | 288 | 397 |
| Ireland | 166 | 142 | 155 | 171 | 211 | 251 | 284 | 247 | 232 | 352 |
| Ontario | 190 | 177 | 202 | 189 | 164 | 142 | 139 | 229 | 178 | |
| British Columbia | 223 | 415 | 460 | 184 | 495 | 567 | 170 | 240 | ||
| South Australia | 230 | 558 | 87 | |||||||
| Quebec | 425 | 265 | 413 | 435 | 357 | 404 | 387 | 282 | 376 | 297 |
| France | 736 | 688 | 692 | 801 | 989 | 911 | 898 | 688 | 913 | 884 |
| The Netherlands | 370 | 340 | 356 | 284 | 369 | 374 | 431 | 415 | 392 | |
| Austria | 166 | 119 | 168 | 149 | 177 | 158 | 123 | 138 | 175 | 142 |
| Switzerland | 373 | 696 | 443 | 413 | 429 | 267 | 327 | 417 | 265 | 245 |
| Berlin | 245 | 223 | 287 | 149 | 160 | 179 | 204 | 339 | ||
| Munich | 130 | 203 | 142 | 238 | 159 | 137 | 102 | 170 | 124 | |
| Cologne | 213 | 288 | 349 | 238 | 160 | 132 | 213 | 122 | ||
| Bonn | 220 | 222 | 103 | 221 | 168 | 124 | 239 | 96 | 115 | 99 |
| Leipzig | 152 | 257 | 148 | 243 | 134 | 117 | 186 | 163 | 143 | 212 |
| Rostock | 202 | 174 | 158 | |||||||
| Norway | 274 | 257 | 253 | 208 | 286 | 284 | 302 | 357 | 314 | 315 |
| Sweden | 484 | 537 | 613 | 582 | 618 | 501 | 717 | 713 | 558 | |
| Iceland | 150 | 208 | ||||||||
| Catalonia | 528 | 486 | 543 | 468 | ||||||
| Italy | 370 | 366 | 384 | 361 | 344 | 343 | ||||
| Poland | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 |
| Hungary | 32 | 31 | 39 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 43 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208 | 228 | 90.0 |
| 2024 | 244 | 197 | 76.4 |
| 2023 | 201 | 243 | 94.7 |
| 2022 | 212 | 231 | 87.7 |
| 2021 | 208 | 245 | 89.4 |
| 2020 | 197 | 250 | 93.1 |
| 2019 | 201 | 245 | 87.5 |
| 2018 | 177 | 304 | 105.5 |
| 2017 | 186 | 290 | 97.0 |
| 2016 | 170 | 328 | 106.8 |
| 2015 | 169 | 320 | 103.9 |
| 2014 | 176 | 300 | 97.8 |
| 2013 | 224 | 226 | 73.3 |
| 2012 | 283 | 174 | 54.0 |
| 2011 | 278 | 176 | 54.8 |
| 2010 | 330 | 142 | 44.2 |
| 2009 | 425 | 98 | 31.3 |
| 2008 | 481 | 83 | 26.3 |
| 2007 | 463 | 87 | 28.4 |
| 2006 | 524 | 70 | 23.4 |
| 2005 | 657 | 47 | 16.3 |
| 2004 | 687 | 42 | 14.7 |
| 2003 | 742 | 37 | 13.3 |
| 2002 | 799 | 31 | 11.6 |
| 2001 | 796 | 30 | 11.2 |
| 2000 | 1058 | 19 | 7.0 |
| 1999 | 1261 | 15 | 5.3 |
| 1998 | 1036 | 20 | 6.9 |
| 1997 | 1666 | 10 | 3.4 |
| 1996 | 1646 | 10 | 3.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Liliana in France since 1925 were born in or after 2009. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2015, at 22.2 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Liliana per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2015 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Liliana
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Liliana.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Gabriela.
1 in 993 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Liliana.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Maya.
1 in 2,222 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Liliana.
1 in 3,838 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Liliana.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Liliana. Same first letter as Liliana.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Liliana.
1 in 571 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Liliana.
1 in 491 in Ireland
1 in 4,225 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Liliana.
1 in 271 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Liliana.
Middle names for Liliana
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Liliana Charlotte
4-2 beats · initials LC
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Liliana Sophie
4-2 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Liliana Grace
4-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Liliana Maria
4-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Liliana Mia
4-2 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Liliana Ruby
4-2 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Liliana Rose
4-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Liliana Emily
4-3 beats · initials LE · Liliana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Liliana: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables. Liliana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Liliana
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 2,222 in England and Wales
96% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 778 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 271 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
91% alike: moves with Liliana across countries and decades.
Famous people named Liliana
Liliana Cavani, Liliana Segre, Liliana Gafencu, Liliana Mumy, Liliana Abud and Liliana Fernández.
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Italian film director and screenwriter born 1933
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Italian Holocaust survivor and senator for life born 1930
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Romanian rower born 1975
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American actress born 1994
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Mexican film and telenovela actress and screenwriter born 1948
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Spanish beach volleyball player born 1987
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Liliana
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Liliana?
Her best rank is No. 15 in Poland in 2025, about 1 in 50 girls. She is in the published lists of 22 of our 40 regions.
What does Liliana mean?
Liliana takes her meaning from Lilian: "lily", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Liliana?
lil-ee-AH-nuh, with 4 syllables.
Is Liliana getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 7 of 20 regions, falling in 6.
Which sister names go with Liliana?
The deck's top five sisters for Liliana: Gabriella, Maia, Natalia, Camilla and Livia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.