Names that Mean Liar (41 Ideas for Boys and Girls)

We’re not trying to deceive you- this is really and truly our list of names that mean liar. Read on to discover if we are fibbers filling you with falsehoods or dishonestly distorting your day. 

Male Names that mean Liar

These names meaning liar come from a variety of cultures and regions around the world. 

Alias

Alias is a twist on the name Elias. Alias means false name. The perfect name for a liar!

Bluff 

If you’ve ever played poker, you’re familiar with players bluffing, or intentionally deceiving other players to think they have cards that they don’t.

Bull

English euphemism and slang term Bull means nonsense. Surprisingly, it may come from the French word bole which means fraud, deceit.

Dolion

In Greek, the word dolios means crafty, treacherous. It gives rise to names like Dolion, Dolios, Dolopion, and Dolos.

Druj

In the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism, Druj is a concept of falsehood. This name shares a root with the German word for deceit and fraud, and Old Norse and Middle Irish words for spook and specter. It even is the root of the Sanskrit word for demon.

Ginnarr

The Old Norse name Ginnarr means fool, deceive, bewitch.

Manomir

The male medieval Polish name Manomir means to beguile, to deceive. 

Mendacio

In Italian, Mendacio means lie or falsehood. It would make an interesting name! 

Mephistopheles 

This devilish name is a combination of the Hebrew words for destroyer and liar. Interestingly, the Hebrew word tophel comes from the phrase tophel shequer which means falsehood plasterer. It can also be spelled Mephisto.

Palter

To Palter means to act insincerely or deceitfully, according to Merriam Webster. It could pass as a name, it sounds like a combination of Paul and Walter.

Pinocchio

Everyone knows the story of the wooden puppet Pinocchio who dreamed of becoming a real boy. Of course, his name is synonymous with lying since his nose grows whenever he tells a lie.

Pseudonymous

Similar to alias, a pseudonym is also a false name. You may be familiar with author Pseudonymous Bosch, who wrote the Secret Series and The Bad Books. 

Roghvatr

The Old Norse name Roghvatr may mean active slander.

Treacher

While you might be more familiar with Treacher as a last name, it can certainly be a first name. It means treacherous, and shares an origin with that name.

Warlock

While today we associate the word Warlock with witches and wizards, it used to be a synonym for liar. In fact, in Old English, it means traitor, liar, enemy, devil.

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Wolf

The famous Aesop’s fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, tells the tale of a boy who lies about seeing a wolf.

Female Names that mean Liar

As with the list above, we’ve scoured the globe for more names that mean liar. 

Apate

Apate literally means scam or cheat in Greek. She’s also the personification of deceit in Greek mythology and the daughter of Nyx, goddess of night.

Cherry

An anecdote about George Washington claims that he chopped down a cherry tree as a child, and when his father asked who did it, young George said “I’m sorry, father, I cannot tell a lie.”

Cozbi

In Hebrew, Cozbi means my lie or my deceit. In the Old Testament of the Bible, Cozbi was a Midianite woman killed to stop a plague. 

Felonise

You likely recognized the word felon when you saw this name. It’s derived from the French word for perjure, cheat, deceive.

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Ginnlaug

Ginnlaug is a feminine Old Norse name that means to beguile, to deceive. 

Juke

In sports, players may Juke their opponents by feinting a move in one direction when they actually intend to go a different way. It would make an intriguing unisex name for a liar.

Names that contain the word Liar

If you’re going for a different approach or are looking for a more well-recognized name, read on! These names simply contain the word liar, giving you even more options. 

• Beliar – variation on the male devil’s name Belial
• Eiliar – male Persian name, also spelled Elyer
• Eliara – uncommon female Brazilian name 
• Faliarivo – unisex Malagasy name meaning a thousand joys
• Hiliaras – male Lithuanian name meaning cheerful
• Hilliard – also a last name, this male name means battle stronghold 
• Laliari – from the female character in the movie Galaxy Quest
• Liara – female name of uncertain origin found in English- speaking areas
• Liaria – Brazilian name
• Liliara – another Brazilian name
• Lilibel – contains the word libel
• Melliar – female Cornish name 
• Nuliarpak – unisex Norwegian name
• Pogliare – feminine Croatian name 
• Viliarme – Greenlandic version of William 
• Williard – form of Willard, meaning brave will

Words that mean Liar or Lie

And finally, we have a list of words related to lying to round things out. Thanks to thesaurus.com for inspiration! 

• Cheat 
• Con artist 
• Deceiver 
• Deception 
• Dishonest 
• Distort
• Falsehood
• Falsifier
• Fibber
• Libel
• Perjurer
• Slander
• Trickster 
• Untrue

Wrap Up- Names that Mean Liar

What do you think? Are we con artists? Full of bull? Or did you find some perfect names that mean liar in our list? Please share your favorites or any that we forgot in the comments!

Resource: We use behindthename.com to research the origin and meaning of these names.