# Lively (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lively/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A characteristical surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,026 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,279 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,002 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (10,731 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlaɪvli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From lively.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lively in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lively in the United States.

## People named Lively

- Blake Lively, American actress (born 1987)
- Eric Lively, American actor (born 1981)
- Ernie Lively, American actor and acting coach (1947–2021)
- Robyn Lively, American actress (born 1972)
- Jason Lively, American actor (born 1968)
- Dereck Lively II, American basketball player (born 2004)
- Scott Lively, American activist, author, and attorney (born 1957)

## Similar surnames

Lovely, Liebl, Lovell, Labelle, Lavelle, Lavallée, Lavalley, Lavalle, Leavell, Lebel, Lepley, Leveille.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.