Liam in Arabic: How to Write ليام, Letter by Letter

Liam in Arabic is ليام, which reads back as Liyam. Liam has no Arabic form of its own, so Arabic spells its sound, here with four letters: lām, yāʾ, alif and mīm. ليام is how Arabic Wikipedia writes all three people called Liam that we checked.

Copy ليام from the first row of the table. Any other rows hold the other spellings Arabic Wikipedia uses for Liam, or a related Arabic name. The Listen button reads each one in your device's Arabic voice, if it has one.

Liam in Arabic calligraphy: ليام in three styles

Three renders of ليام, in Amiri, Reem Kufi and Rakkas, drawn straight from the font files.

How Arabic Wikipedia spells Liam

We looked up the Arabic Wikipedia articles of three well-known people called Liam. Their titles write the name as ليام three times. Our name tool gives ليام, a spelling taken from Arabic Wikipedia.

Why ليام is spelled this way

Liam is spelled by its sound, and Arabic has no letter for some English sounds, so each choice below follows a rule. ليام starts with the letter ل, lām. One letter, ا alif, never joins the letter after it, so ليام always shows one small gap.

• Liam is lām, ل, yāʾ, ي, alif, ا, and mīm, م.
• The yāʾ before the alif is said as a y, so the name reads Li-yam, two syllables.
• Arabic Wikipedia writes Liam Brady, Liam Hemsworth and Liam Cunningham the same way, ليام.

What does Liam mean?

Liam is the Irish short form of William, according to Behind the Name; William is the Germanic Willehelm, will helmet. It became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and has been the most common name for boys in the US since 2017. Liam and William are one name with two Arabic spellings, because Arabic spells the sound of each: see William in Arabic. Liam was the most common name given to boys born in the US in 2024, according to the Social Security Administration's announced 2024 list.

Two related names on this site are William in Arabic, وليم and Oliver in Arabic, أوليفر. For Arabic names to choose from, browse the Arabic boy names with their meanings, part of our Arabic vocabulary lists.

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