Liora

What Liora means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Liora yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Liora?

US: Rising: up from #3024 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 295 girls got the name (#898 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 5,448 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,518 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MD (0.5 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.43 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.38 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Liora is #898 in the US and #551 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Liora were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leora163 US · 23 E&W
• Liara95 US · 26 E&W
• Liorah26 US · 5 E&W
• Leorah9 US · 4 E&W
• Leiara10 US · 3 E&W
• Leara0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Liora

Girls

• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Julieta#285Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #805 in 2015, #285 in 2025
• Daphne#178“laurel, bay”^*

For a brother

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Liora’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.