Liam

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Short form of William, via Irish Uilliam”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Ava — Of uncertain meaning; used as a variant of Eva/Eve, an anglicization of the Irish name Aoife, or from an uncertain Germanic root
• Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Zubin — Short spear, one with honour
• Lipika — Short letter, a small writing
• Waman — Dwarf avatar of Vishnu, short statured

Where this comes from

Liam has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.