Líen

surname · Latin script

Meaning: inflection of liar:

Líen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country, where it is the 78th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 705(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 3.3K
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 7.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)

≈140,000 people, est.

Sources
355 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 705 (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lien in VN Vietnam, US United States, BE Belgium and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

inflection of liar:

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Líen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Líen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VN Vietnam#78≈140,000 est.≈1 in 705listedLien155
CN China—≈36,000 est.≈1 in 39K—Lien40
US United States—8,2351 in 40K7.8KLien355
BE Belgium#574≈3,500 est.≈1 in 3.3K78Lien96
TW Taiwan—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 7.1K—Lien119
CL Chile—≈760 est.≈1 in 24K1Lien26
SV El Salvador—≈200 est.≈1 in 32K—Lien3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Líen is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Norway

    Also written Lien, Liên, Liën, Lién, Lièn

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Líen under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Líen mean, and where does it come from?
inflection of liar: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Líen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 140 thousand people named Líen in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lien.
How common is the name Líen?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,235 people named Líen in 2020, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
How common is Líen compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Líen is the 78th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Líen” — the 78th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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