Lyanna

What Lyanna means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1975, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lyanna?

US: Rising: up from #2810 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3615 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 500 girls got the name (#605 that year). First in the US records in 1975.

How common

• About 1 in 5,270 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,071 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 KS (0.42 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.34 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.34 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Lyanna is #877 in the US and #1639 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 Lyanna were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Liyana232 US · 425 E&W
• Lyana83 US · 15 E&W
• Layana64 US · 13 E&W
• Leyana26 US · 16 E&W
• Layanna33 US
• Liyanna19 US · 11 E&W
• Leyanna14 US
• Layonna10 US

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 Lyanna

Girls

• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*

For a brother

• Matias#170From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”^*
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*

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 Lyanna’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.