Girl name Amharic origin Christian tradition

Liya

LEE-yah · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Daughter of God.
Language
Amharic
Culture
Amharic/Ethiopian
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1589
2024 births132
Peak year2022
First appeared1992
Total US births2,209
2022 peak19922000200820162024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Li
Alternate spellings
Leyah
In other languages
Leah

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