Lian (first name)
Lian is a male and female given name .
Origin and meaning
Lian is a short form of various first names that end in -lian, such as Gillian or Julian , Kilian or a contraction of Li and Ann.
distribution
In the Netherlands, the first name Lian has been given as a female first name since the 1970s. In Germany, the name Lian appears as a predominantly male first name in the 2000s; in 2011 it was ranked 143rd among male newborns.
Name bearers
stage name
- Lian Hearn, pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein (* 1942), English writer
- Lian Ross (* 1962 as Josephine Hiebel), German disco and pop singer