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Around the world, Lyam (เลียม , Lyam , Лиам ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Lyam is habitual in Thailand, where it is quite a rare unisex name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare boy's name, and France, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Thailand, Nigeria, and France. Much less frequently, Lyam is the last name as well as the forename.
Lyam is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Angel , the fictional character in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel; Lyam conDoin , character in The Riftwar Saga; Sean Hawk , character in Star Trek: First Contact; Liam Court , character in 90210 and Liam Gallagher , the television character from Shameless, and in many other works.