Lia is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In America, the name may be a variant of

Leah Leah ''La'ya;'' from (; ) appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son ...

Lea Lea or LEA may refer to: Places Australia * Lea River, Tasmania, Australia * Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the Lea River flows * RAAF Base Learmonth, IATA airport code "LEA" England * Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish * Lea, Derbyshire, a set ...

. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia,

Cecilia Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...

, Amelia, Talia, Cornelia,

Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama '' Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends u ...

Rosalia Rosalia or Rosalía (with diacritic) may refer to: Persons * Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), the patron saint of Palermo in Italy * Rosalia (given name) * Rosalía (born 1992), Spanish singer Places * 314 Rosalia, an asteroid * Rosalia, Pisidia ...

/ Roselia, Natalia, Aurelia, Adalia / Adelia,

Ailia ''Ailia'' is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.Wang, J., Lu, B., Zan, R., Chai, J., Ma, W., Jin, W., Duan, R., Luo, J., Murphy, R.W., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Incl ...

, Apulia, Alia / Aleah. It can also be a surname.

People with the given name Lia

Lia (artist) Lia is an Austrian software artist. Born in Graz, she is now based in Vienna. Her work includes the early Net Art sites re-move.org and turux.at. In 2003 she co-curated the Abstraction Now exhibition (Internet Projects and Medialounge) at the Küns ...

, Austrian software artist *

Lia (singer) Lia (born December 20; also stylized in all caps as LIA) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Lia recorded "Tori no Uta" for Key's 2000 visual novel '' Air'', which was reused in its 2005 anime adaptation and became influential in popular culture. S ...

, Japanese singer * Lia, member of the Korean group

Itzy Itzy (stylized in all caps; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and consisting of members Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna. They debuted on February 12, 2019, with the release of their single album ''It'z Different'' ...

* Lia Andrea Ramos (born 1981), Filipina model * Lía Bermúdez (1930–2021), Venezuelan sculptor * Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), American fantasy writer *

Lia Franca Lia Franca (1912–1988) was an Italian film actress. She was sometimes credited as Lya Franca and Libia Franca. Life and career Born Livia Caterina Petra Penso in Trieste, Franca started her career winning a beauty contest, "Miss Trieste", in ...

(1912-1988) Italian actress * Lía Borrero (born 1976), Panamanian beauty queen * Lia Boysen (born 1966), Swedish actress *

Lia Chang Lia Chang (born September 29, 1963) is an American actress, journalist, and photographer.
''Jade Magazine'', March–April 2 ...

(born 1963), American actress and journalist *

Lia Cruz Lia Cruz is a Filipina television host, news and weather anchor, sportscaster, podcaster, writer and producer based in the Philippines. Life and career Lia was born on July 13, 1985 in Manila, Philippines. She graduated from the Ateneo de Manila ...

(born 1985), Filipina television host *

Lia Dorana Lia Dorana (18 July 1918 – 4 December 2010) was a Dutch comedian and actress. Dorana was born Beppy van Werven in The Hague on 18 July 1918. She was discovered by Dutch singer and cabaret singer Wim Sonneveld, with whom she launched her early c ...

(1918–2010), a Dutch actress *

Lia Eibenschütz Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) * '' The Legend of Holy S ...

(1899–1985), German actress * Lia Eliava (1934–1998), Georgian actress * Lia Félix (1830-1908), French actress *

Lia Finocchiaro Lia Emele Finocchiaro (; born 20 September 1984) is an Australian politician. She has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Spillett since her election in 2016. She became Leader of ...

(born 1984), Australian politician * Lia Grimanis (born 1971), Canadian businesswoman * Lia Halloran (born 1977), American painter *

Lia Ices Lia Ices is an American singer-songwriter from Westport, Connecticut, currently living in Northern California. While she has been performing and recording for several years, Ices gained prominence when her song "Love is Won", from her second s ...

, stage name of Lia Kessel, American singer-songwriter *

Lia Marie Johnson Lia Marie Johnson (born November 23, 1996) is an American actress, singer, and Internet personality, who in 2014 was profiled by ''Adweek'' as one of the "10 biggest young stars on YouTube". She first received recognition for her work on her You ...

(born 1996), American actress and singer * Lia Knight, a syndicated radio personality in the United States, host of ''The Lia Show'' * Lia Laats (1926-2004), Estonian actress * Lia Looveer (née Saarepera; 1920–2006), Estonian émigré political activist *

Lia Maivia Ofelia Maivia (born Ofelia Fuataga; August 6, 1927 – October 19, 2008) was a Samoan professional wrestling promoter. Maivia was the wife of Samoan professional wrestler Peter Maivia and the grandmother of actor and wrestler, Dwayne Johnson, ...

(1927–2008), Samoan wrestling promoter *

Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu (; 25 April 1932 – 9 January 1998) was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. She was the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972). Early life; sports and educat ...

(1932–1998), Romanian discus thrower * Lia McHugh (born 2007), American actress * Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), Brazilian artist *

Lia Mills Lia Mills is an Irish writer. She writes novels, short stories and literary non-fiction. She has also worked on several public art commissions and as an arts consultant. Her first novel, ''Another Alice'' (1996), was nominated for ''The Irish ...

, Irish writer *

Lia Neal Lia Neal (born February 13, 1995) is a former American professional swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In 2016, ...

(born 1995), American swimmer * Lia Nici-Townsend (born 1969), British politician *

Lia Pernell Lia Pernell (born August 16, 1981) is an American rower. She was born in Berkeley, California. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed fifth in quadruple sculls, together with Lindsay Meyer, Jennifer Kaido and Mar ...

(born 1981), American rower *

Lia Purpura Lia Purpura (born February 22, 1964, Mineola, New York) is an American poet, writer and educator. She is the author of four collections of poems (''King Baby'', ''Stone Sky Lifting'', ''The Brighter the Veil'', ''It Shouldn't Have Been Beautiful' ...

(born 1964), American writer * Lia Roberts (born Lia Sandu, 1949), Romanian and American politician * Lia Rousset (born 1977), American canoer *

Lia Sargent Lia Sargent is an American voice actress. She is known for extensive anime and video game voice work and has also done ADR directing and script writing for Animaze.. iNC. She is the daughter of movie and TV director Joseph Sargent and actres ...

(born 1957), American voice actress * Lia Schilhuber, East German canoer * Lia Shemtov (born 1958), Israeli politician *

Lia Tadesse Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin ( am, ሊያ ታደሰ ገብረመድኅን; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician and physician serving as the current Minister of Health since March 2020. Prior to her appointment, Lia served as State Minister of Hea ...

(born in 1976), Ethiopian politician *

Lia van Leer Lia van Leer (née Greenberg; he, ליה ון ליר; August 8, 1924 – March 13, 2015) was a pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in Israel. She was the founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, t ...

(1924–2015), Israeli film archivist *

Lia Vissi Olympia "Lia" Vissi (born 15 May 1955) is a Greek-Cypriot singer, songwriter and composer who most notable for her two participations in the Eurovision Song Contest and being older sister of Greek Cypriot singer Anna Vissi. Career Vissi parti ...

(born 1955), Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician * Lia Wälti (born 1993), Swiss football player *

Lia Williams Lia Williams (born 26 November 1964) is an English actress and director, known for stage, film, and television appearances. She is noted for her role as Wallis Simpson in ''The Crown''. Theatre career Williams's breakthrough performance came ...

(born 1964), English actress and film director * Lia Wyler (1934–2018), Brazilian translator

People with the surname Lia

Brynjar Lia Brynjar Lia (born 14 July 1966) is a Norwegian historian and professor of Middle East Studies at Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. He is also an adjunct research professor at the Norwegian Defence Rese ...

(born 1966), Norwegian historian *

Donny Lia Domenick "Donny" Lia (born November 8, 1978) is an American stock car racing driver. He won the 2007 and 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships. He also won the Race of Champions Modified Tour races in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. He has r ...

(born 1978), American race car driver * Orsa Lia, American female singer *

Simone Lia Simone Lia is an English cartoonist and author. Early life and education Born to Maltese parents, Lia grew up in Haverhill, Suffolk. She studied art in Ipswich, illustration at the University of Brighton, and did an MA in communication in ar ...

, English cartoonist and author * Vince Lia (born 1985), Australian football player

In mythology

* Conán mac Lia, son of Liath Luachra

People with the given name Lia

People with the surname Lia

In mythology

See also