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Ayan

Ayan: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“time; era”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ah-YAHN · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (82% of all uses)

In Arabic, Ayan is used as a name meaning 'time' or 'era'. This spelling also occurs in other cultures with different origins, so usage can be cross-cultural.

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How popular is Ayan?

202489.0 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 Ayan in 2024297

2024 rank#875 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,581

Ayan is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ayan

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Ayan questions

What does the name Ayan mean?

Ayan means "time; era". It comes from Arabic. In Arabic, Ayan is used as a name meaning 'time' or 'era'. This spelling also occurs in other cultures with different origins, so usage can be cross-cultural.

Is Ayan a boy or girl name?

Ayan is mainly a boy's name in US records (82% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ayan?

297 US babies were named Ayan in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Ayan?

Ayan is usually pronounced ah-YAHN.

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.