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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

LioraIn Hebrew: ליאורה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: לִיאוֹרָהRomanization: li'ora

Liora (Hebrew: ליאורה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 6,014 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 17 girls and ranked #525. Its peak year was 1958, with 148 babies.

People in Israel
6,014
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
17
rank #525
Peak year
1958
148 babies
USA, 2025
295
rank #898

Writing and saying Liora

In Hebrew letters the name is ליאורה, read right to left. Liora is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "li'ora" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, Leora
From לִיאוֹר (li'ór, “Lior”) + ־ָה (-a, “feminine suffix”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Liora by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Liora: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Liora in English-speaking countries

Liora in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025295#8982025 (295)
United Kingdom202572#5902025 (72)
England and Wales202572#5512025 (72)
Alberta202511#4062025 (11)
Quebec20259#5002025 (9)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Liora has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Liora

How do you write Liora in Hebrew?

Liora is written ליאורה in Hebrew (with vowel points: לִיאוֹרָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "li'ora".

How many people in Israel are named Liora?

6,014 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ליאורה: 6,014 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Liora a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named ליאורה are women.

What does the name Liora mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Leora" Etymology: From לִיאוֹר (li'ór, “Lior”) + ־ָה (-a, “feminine suffix”).

Is Liora used outside Israel?

The name Liora appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 295 girls were given it in 2025 (#898), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 72 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.