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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 |
|---|---|
| Liya | Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Indonesia, China |
| Лия | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| 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.