66%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 莲, 濂, 廉, etc.(Chinese) 蓮, 濂, 廉, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. LYEHN [key·IPA] 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 #72 in 2022 Slovenia Last ranked #21 in 2021 Switzerland Last ranked #687 in 2022 United States Categories isograms, top 10 in China