First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Shortened from Juliāna and Liliāna. Cognate with English Liana.
Liāna f
- a female given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Liāna was the only given name of 1486 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.