Lia

Appears across Romance languages as a short form of Rosalia, Amelia, or Giulia, as well as an alternate transliteration of the Hebrew Leah. American birth certificates began listing it as an independent entry in 1933. It spent decades as a minority spelling before parents began trimming silent consonants in earnest.

The name reads as modern and light on syllables. It belongs almost entirely to people born since the advent of the smartphone, with over half of all living bearers belonging to Generation Alpha. It suggests an owner who has never had to rewind a cassette tape. It is routinely mistaken for Leah in conversation and Mia on messy handwriting.