Liang
Meaning
varies by character: often 良, 'good, virtuous', or 亮, 'bright, radiant'; the name of the great Han strategist Zhang Liang
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Liang has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
145 people · the #31,820 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 40
Among people named Liang living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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