Lian Family History
Lian Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in Trøndelag named with the definite plural form of Li 1 Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 連 meaning ‘link connect’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the personal name Lian Cheng (連稱) an official in the state of Qi (located in present-day Shandong province) during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022