Liege
loc · Latin script
Meaning: singular present subjunctive of liegen
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Liege is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 3.9M(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 143K
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 827K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Liege itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 83 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 143K (inferred from the name graph)
≈480 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Liège in BE Belgium, NL Netherlands and Liége in BR Brazil.
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)
singular present subjunctive of liegen
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Liege 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 143K | 88 | Liege | 3 |
| IN India | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 4M | — | Liege | 1 |
| BR Brazil | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 7M | 3.4K | Liége | 83 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 827K | — | Liège | 3 |
| US United States | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 17M | — | Liege | 58 |
| ES Spain | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 3.7M | — | Liege | 3 |
| PT Portugal | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 2.7M | — | Liege | 5 |
| BE Belgium | 3 | 1 in 3.9M | 3 | Liège | 5 |
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: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Liege is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, prov, Belgium
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In enm, alternative form of lege (“league”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, dative singular of līeġ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdc, to tell a lie
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 244 | #31,253 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 126 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 123 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 115 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 104 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 103 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 95 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 88 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 88 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 79 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 76 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 63 | — |
Reference works 1
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Liege mean, and where does it come from?
- singular present subjunctive of liegen Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Liege have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 476 people named Liege in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liege.
- How common is the name Liege?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 3 people named Liege in 2008, about 1 in 3.9 million residents.
What do you want to know about Liege?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/liegeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Liege”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.