Lia is a girl's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 1,605 girls in the United States.
Lia belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Leah.
In the United States, Lia first appears in Social Security records in 1933. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #187 in 2024, and in 2024 1,605 babies received the name — 26,966 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Lia is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Lia is a girl name. In 2024, 1,605 babies received the name in the US.
Lia comes from the English & American tradition. It is also spelled Leah.
Lia first appears in US records in 1933. Its best-ever ranking was #187 in 2024, and 1,605 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lia is pronounced /ˈli.aː/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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