Lior

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled ליאור in IL Israel, NZ New Zealand, RO Romania and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lior is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name265 records spelled Lior8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Israel, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Лиор, Ліор

• Bulgarian given name103 records spelled Lior8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Bulgaria, Croatia

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Лиор

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lior 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 Latin, first-person singular present passive indicative of līō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, watered-down liquor

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 40 years between 1969–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lior Shambadalb. 1950ILIsraeli composer and conductor
• Lior Ashkenazib. 1968ILIsraeli actor
• Lior Razb. 1971ILIsraeli actor and television producer
• Lior Narkisb. 1976ILIsraeli singer
• Lior Shamrizb. 1978DEGerman film director
• Lior Asulinb. 1980ILIsraeli footballer
• Lior Suchardb. 1981ILMaster Mentalist
• Lior Gellerb. 1982USfilm director
• Lior Eliyahub. 1985ILIsraeli basketball player (born 1985)
• Lior Refaelovb. 1986ILIsraeli-Belgian association footballer

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 321 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lior?

We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Lior (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Lior have the most bearers?

Lior is most frequently recorded in Israel, where it is most often spelled ליאור.

How common is Lior compared with other names?

In Israel, Lior is the 67th most common given name of 97,862 given names recorded there.

Is Lior a male or female name?

Lior is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lior mean?

Recorded meaning: Hebrew לִיאוֹר (Lior, “my light”).