Liam

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/ˈliːəm/

proper noun

A male given name from Irish, currently popular in Ireland, England, Scotland, and the United States.

OriginIrish Liam ← English William →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Irish, currently popular in Ireland, England, Scotland, and the United States.

    Tall. Glasses. Wearing this yellow hoodie. - - - Liam. I'm pretty sure that's his name. Like, ninety-percent sure. I think it suits him. Liam. The kind of name you never normally hear outside a novel or a movie or whatever.

    2003, Alasdair Duncan, Sushi Central, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 43
    1 more example

    Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.

    2024 October 16, Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards, “Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall”, in CNN

Origin

  1. EnglishWilliam
  2. IrishLiam
  3. EnglishLiam

From Irish Liam, a clipping of Uilliam, itself from English William.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Liam

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Liam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liam

MLA

“Liam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Liam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liam.

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