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Aizen

Aizen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“love-dyed; associated with desire”
Origin
Japanese
Say it
EYE-zen · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Aizen is the Japanese reading of 愛染, the name of the Buddhist deity Aizen Myōō. As a personal name in this exact form, it is uncommon and strongly tied to that religious-cultural reference.

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How popular is Aizen?

202467.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aizen in 2024223

2024 rank#1,006 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,734

Aizen is rising: use over the last five years is 3.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aizen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kobegod's door · Japanese
  • Raidenthunder and lightning · Japanese
  • Kodauncertain · Japanese
  • Roninmasterless samurai · Japanese
  • Kaizenimprovement; change for better · Japanese
  • Kenzohealthy and three · Japanese
  • Kenjihealthy second son · Japanese
  • Zenmeditation · Japanese

Aizen questions

What does the name Aizen mean?

Aizen means "love-dyed; associated with desire". It comes from Japanese. Aizen is the Japanese reading of 愛染, the name of the Buddhist deity Aizen Myōō. As a personal name in this exact form, it is uncommon and strongly tied to that religious-cultural reference.

Is Aizen a boy or girl name?

Aizen is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aizen?

223 US babies were named Aizen in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Aizen?

Aizen is usually pronounced EYE-zen.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.