Liia
Almost unknown in Poland: it surfaced only a few years ago and still reaches just ten girls a year, though that count keeps climbing. A Hebrew name at root, a variant of Leah, carrying the old sense of "weary".
Liia Pronunciation
Liia is pronounced LYYAH (/ljja/).
What Liia means
Where Liia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Liia begins in Hebrew, a trimmed form of Leah, the name Genesis gives to Jacob's first wife. Readers of that book long understood Leah as "weary," and Liia keeps the reading in a lighter spelling. The doubled i looks modern. The root behind it is old.
Some Polish name-lists tie Liia instead to Julia and the Roman house of the Julii. That link came later. It sits over the Hebrew story like a second coat, and it does not erase the first.
Picture a class register in a Polish school, Liia written between Lea and Julia, four letters a teacher can read aloud without stumbling. The spelling shifts from country to country. The meaning behind it, "weary," still traces back to Leah.
How many people are named Liia
1 in 67699 women in Poland is named Liia. 333 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1658 among female names.
Liia's popularity over time
10 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #700 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022.
Where Liia is most popular
Liia is most popular in Silesian, 307% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+249%).