Lien
Lien is a girl name of Vietnamese origin, meaning Lotus.
What Lien means
Lotus.
Lien is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lien comes from
Vietnamese given names are ordinary words with clear meanings — flowers, virtues, natural features — chosen for what they say rather than inherited from a set of traditional names.
Lien is recorded as Vietnamese in origin. Browse other Vietnamese names.
How popular is Lien?
In the girl name rankings we track, Lien falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Lien
Lien sits in our flowers and growing things group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Flower
Names like Lien
These share Lien's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Hoa — Flower.
- Mai — Plum blossom; apricot flower.
- 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.
- Lan — Orchid.
- Lavender — The fragrant purple flower.