Liju
given name · Latin script
Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ʎɪʒu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Liju is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Arab Emirates than in any other country.
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 600K
- CACanada≈1 in 1.4M
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.
- United Arab Emirates (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 98 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
≈430 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Liju 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Liju | 1 |
| US United States | 201 | 1 in 1.7M | 127 | Liju | 98 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 2.1M | — | Liju | 28 |
| CA Canada | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Liju | 10 |
| PL Poland | 11 | 1 in 3.5M | 9 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 600K | — | Liju | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Liju | 4 |
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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). 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)Liju is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Czech, first-person singular present of lít
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, accusative singular of lija
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Emperor Wu of Hanb. 156not in their usual nameseventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China (157 BC–87 BC)
- Liu Shaoqib. 1898CNnot in their usual name2nd President of the People's Republic of China (1898–1969)
- Liu Xiaobob. 1955CNnot in their usual nameChinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist (1955–2017)
- Gordon Liub. 1955CNnot in their usual nameChinese martial arts film actor (born 1955)
- Andy Laub. 1961CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor, film producer, and singer
- Lucy Liub. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1968)
- Liu Yangb. 1978CNnot in their usual nameChinese astronaut
- Liu Yifeib. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese-American actress and singer (born 1987)
- Simu Liub. 1989CNnot in their usual nameChinese-Canadian actor and author (born 1989)
- Dallas Liub. 2001USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 127 | #38,294 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 74 | #38,294 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 9 | #11,487 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 8 | #11,629 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #23,556 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #23,557 |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- How do you pronounce Liju?
- A machine transcription gives /ʎɪʒu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Liju a male or female name?
- Liju is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Liju have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 430 people named Liju in the United Arab Emirates, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liju.
- How common is the name Liju?
- In the United States, the national register counted 201 people named Liju in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
What do you want to know about Liju?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lijuThe 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, “Liju”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.