Lian
Lian is a girl name of Chinese origin, meaning Lotus.
What Lian means
Lotus.
Lian is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lian comes from
Chinese given names are chosen character by character, and the characters are picked for meaning, tone, and balance. Names are rarely drawn from a fixed list — most are composed fresh for the child.
Lian is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Lian?
Lian is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Lian is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Lian
We group Lian under flowers and growing things. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Flower
Names like Lian
These share Lian's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Lan — Orchid.
- Hua — Flower; magnificent.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Kiku — Chrysanthemum.
- Lavender — The fragrant purple flower.
- Leilani — Heavenly flower; royal child.