boy · irish
Liam
say it lee-um
What Liam means
- Irish short for Uilliam, William: resolute protector
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 28 countries.
Its use is rising over the last ten years.
- no. 1 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 1 in the US (2024)
- no. 1 in Ecuador (2020)
- no. 1 in Peru (2020)
- no. 1 in Puerto Rico (2022)
- no. 2 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 2 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 2 in Jamaica (2021)
In the United States it was most popular around 2020.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
William Alexander Ezra Joshua Alex Edward Isaiah Salvador Duarte Guilherme Alexis Sacha