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Around the world, ליר (Lear , Lier , Leer ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The given name ליר is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Philippines, where it is a rare unisex name, and the United States. More prevalently, ליר is the last name as well as the forename.
ליר is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lear , the Shakespearean character, King Lear; Lear , the operatic character in the opera Lear by Aribert Reimann and Lear , the operatic character in the opera Vision of Lear.