Liana slips between languages the way the tropical vine that shares its name slips between trees. In French it refers to that very climbing plant; in Italian and Romanian it serves as a short form of Juliana or Eliana, rooted in Latin for youthful or Hebrew for God has answered. The name is light, vowel-first, pronounced lee-AH-nah with an airy middle. It sits around 418 in the U.S., a quieter alternative to Liliana and Eliana, yet somehow more self-possessed for its brevity. Liana reads botanical and literary in the same breath, elegant without strain.
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1880 to today
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Sibling name ideas
- Alayah
- Holly
- Carmen
- Wynter
- Raelyn
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- Holly
- Carmen
- Wynter
- Raelyn
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Alayah
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From Old English holen, the evergreen holly tree
Carmen
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Latin carmen, 'song'; also from Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Wynter
Falling· girl
Modern respelling of Winter, from Old English winter
Raelyn
Falling· girl
American blend of Rae (from Rachel) and Welsh -lyn, 'lake'