Liya
Liya carries the old Hebrew root behind Leah, softened into four plain letters: it means "weary," the tiredness that comes after a day's work, not defeat. It's a rare name in Poland, given to only girls, and more arrived last year than in years past.
Liya Pronunciation
Liya is pronounced LYIH-ah (/ˈljɨa/).
What Liya means
Where Liya comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Liya begins in Hebrew. The short meaning fixed to it is weary, tired, in Polish zmęczona. The same root stands behind the biblical name Leah, Jacob's first wife in the Book of Genesis, whom Hebrew tradition has long connected to a word for weariness. Liya keeps that old sound in a lighter, more open spelling.
Weary is a strange gift for a name. The sense need not be read as defeat. It can point instead to the tiredness that follows effort, the rest a person has earned once the day's work is behind her.
On a Polish class register, Liya lands among the Zuzannas and Nadias, a Hebrew name spelled for Polish eyes with no silent letters to trip on. It has no name-day of its own on the Polish calendar. What it does keep is the old Hebrew root for weariness, zmęczona, sitting under four plain letters.
How many people are named Liya
1 in 123190 women in Poland is named Liya. 183 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2351 among female names.
Liya's popularity over time
12 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #655 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2019.
Where parents choose Liya
Liya is most popular in Lower Silesian, 175% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+134%) and Masovian (+124%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Silesian, both 37% below average.
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Lower Silesian
+175%1 in 26,189 babies
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Greater Poland
+134%1 in 30,749 babies
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Masovian
+124%1 in 32,206 babies
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Lesser Poland
−37%1 in 113,458 babies
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Silesian
−37%1 in 113,792 babies
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Lower Silesian+175% 6 born1 in 26,189 babies+175%
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Greater Poland+134% 7 born1 in 30,749 babies+134%
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Masovian+124% 11 born1 in 32,206 babies+124%
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West Pomeranian+71% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies+71%
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Lesser Poland−37% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−37%
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Silesian−37% 2 born1 in 113,792 babies−37%
Liya as a middle name
Liya is a first name for 183 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3031st, between Lis (7) and Loraine (7).
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#3029 Linnéa7
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#3030 Lis7
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#3031 Liya7
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#3032 Loraine7
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#3033 Lorenza7