Entry № 3817 · Other origin

Lieu Lieu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LEE-yu /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Other

Meaning

"Willow (Vietnamese + Liễu Hạnh Princess goddess)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Vietnamese)

The meaning

A name that means "willow (vietnamese + liễu hạnh princess goddess)".

Lieu is from the Vietnamese Liễu (柳 — willow). A modern American baby name in the broader Vietnamese heritage aesthetic. Liễu Hạnh Princess is one of the foundational Four Immortals of Vietnamese folk religion + mother goddess of the foundational Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess) religion of Vietnam — venerated at Phủ Dầy Temple Nam Định (UNESCO Intangible Heritage 2016 for the Practices Related to Vietnamese Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms).

Featured throughout Vietnamese heritage.

Willow (Vietnamese). Liễu Hạnh Princess Four Immortals + Đạo Mẫu Mother Goddess religion + Phủ Dầy Temple + UNESCO Intangible Heritage 2016.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Liễu

Transliteration: Liễu
Pronunciation: / ˈliː.juː /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Lieu stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Lieu · last year

88 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Lieus before her.

Real people

—

In fiction

Liễu Hạnh

Vietnamese Mother Goddess.

Names connected to Lieu.

Numerology

The number behind Lieu.

The Humanitarian

Lieu reduces to nine.

Parents on Lieu

Why families chose this name.

"Vietnamese willow. Four letters. Lieu."

Linh · Mother of one · Nam Định