Athiran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-thi-ran
- Origin
- Tamil
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Athiran is a boys' name of Tamil origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
Where does Athiran come from?
Tamil: spelling of Aathiran; used in Tamil families; exact root uncertain
Meaning borrowed from Aathiran.
Is Athiran a girl's or a boy's name?
Athiran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Athiran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Athiran, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Athiran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were given Athiran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,019, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Aathiran 19
- Athiran 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Athiran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
Names like Athiran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avyaan, Aviraj, Arjan, Aarav, Aadhav, Ivaan, Shivansh, Avi, Gurbaaz, Avitaj, Krishiv, Advik
Other spellings of Athiran
More Tamil names
Nila, Iniya, Aadhiran, Nilah, Kavin, Adhiran, Venba, Kayal, Oviya, Kalai, Kannan, Valli, Nithila, Iniyan, Yazhini
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Athiran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/athiran, updated 20 October 2026.