65%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 莲, 濂, 廉, etc.(Chinese) 蓮, 濂, 廉, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ljɛn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily", 濂 (lián) meaning "waterfall", or other Chinese characters that are pronounced similarly. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesRen(Japanese) Liêm, Liên(Vietnamese) Same SpellingLian 1, Lian 3User SubmissionsLi-An, Lián, Lian PopularityDetails Last ranked #727 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #91 in 2021 Chile Last ranked #100 in 2019 Germany (Berlin) Last ranked #50 in 2020 Israel Last ranked #82 in 2023 Slovenia Last ranked #28 in 2023 Switzerland Last ranked #580 in 2023 United States People think this name isRate·Details upper class delicate refined strange simple serious Categories Dislyte characters, isograms, top 10 in China