Lia (first name)

Lia is a feminine given name .

Origin and meaning

Lia is the Greco-Latin form of the biblical name Lea . Lia is also the French short form of Elisabeth and an abbreviation of Julia , Cornelia or other female first names with the ending -lia.

Name bearers

First name

• Lia Amanda (actually Lia Molfesi; * 1932), Italian actress
• Lia Angeleri (1922–1969), Italian actress
• Lia Avé (1924–2008), German journalist
• Lia Boysen (born 1966), Swedish actress
• Lia Corelli (1922–1987), Italian actress
• Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985), German actress
• Lia Frank (Gerstein) (1921–2012), Lithuanian-German writer
• Lia Hanus , German soprano
• Lia Koenig (* 1929), Israeli actress
• Lia Leismüller (1931–2001), German ski racer
• Lia Di Leo (born 1924), Italian actress
• Lia Manoliu (1932–1998), Romanian discus thrower
• Lia Nirgad , author, editor and translator
• Lia Pahl (* 1924), German actress
• Lia Pale , (actually Julia Pallanch), Austrian musician from Wels
• Lia Perez (* 1982), German actress
• Lia Pirskawetz (* 1938), German writer
• Lia Quartapelle (* 1982), Italian politician
• Lia Roberts (* 1949), Romanian politician
• Lia Sargent (* 1957), American actress and voice actress
• Lia-Tabea Mertens (* 1994), German volleyball player
• Lia Tilon (* 1965), Dutch writer
• Lia Timmermans (1920–2002), Flemish writer and poet
• Lia Vissi (* 1955), Cypriot singer and politician
• Lia Wälti (* 1993), Swiss soccer player
• Lia Weller (* 1976), Austrian-Brazilian pop singer
• Lia Wöhr (1911–1994), German actress

Intermediate name

• Francesca Lia Block (* 1962), American author
• Sandra-Lia Infanger (* 1980), Swiss politician and blogger

stage name

• Lia 74 (* 1987), German rapper
• Lia Amanda (born 1932), Italian actress
• Lia Corelli (actually Lelia Parodi; 1922–1987), Italian actress
• Lia Pale (actually Julia Pallanch), Austrian musician

Lya

• Lya Borré († 1920), silent film actress
• Lya Ley (1899–1992), German-speaking silent film actress
• Lya Luft (* 1938), Brazilian writer and translator of German descent
• Lya Lys (1908–1986), American actress
• Lya Mara (1897–1960), German silent film actress of Latvian-Polish origin
• Lya de Putti (1897–1931), Hungarian dancer and actress

See also

• Lia (disambiguation)

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Das große Namenlexikon, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, page 297