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Globally, Liya (Liya , Лия , Лія ) is a common largely female, but infrequently male given name. The first name Liya is characteristic of Russia, where it is quite a common girly name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Brunei. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Russia, India, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Liya is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Liya | Ethiopia, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India |
Лия | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia |
Лія | Ukraine |
リヤ | Japan |
Liya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leah , the Biblical matriarch, Genesis 35; Looker , the DC Comics character; Lia Turtle , the fictional human in Chaos&Evolutions; Leah Clearwater , character in Twilight and Leah Estrogen , the secondary character of the 2001 film Osmosis Jones, among other works.