Liat
A Hebrew name meaning "you are mine", carried in Poland almost only by women. Just around 155 of them have it, so most Poles have never met a Liat.
Liat Pronunciation
Liat is pronounced LYAHT (/ljat/).
What Liat means
Where Liat comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Liat comes from Hebrew, built from two small words: li, meaning "to me" or "mine," and at, the feminine "you." Together they say "you are mine." The name belongs to women, and its Hebrew root ties it to Jewish tradition.
The grammar rewards a pause. At is specifically the feminine "you," so the name speaks straight to a girl. It reads as a sentence addressed to her, not a label pinned on.
Liat has no Polish diminutive, no variant, no cross-gender twin. In a school class register it would sit among the Zuzannas and Julias with nothing to soften it, four letters and done. The name stays as it is.
What Liat gives is that short Hebrew phrase, in Polish jesteś moja, meaning you are mine.
How many people are named Liat
1 in 145444 women in Poland is named Liat. 155 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2598 among female names.
Liat as a middle name
Liat is a first name for 155 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 97/3 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3701st, between Letícia (5) and Liba (5).
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#3699 Leilani5
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#3700 Letícia5
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#3701 Liat5
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#3702 Liba5
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#3703 Liberta5