Ayaaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-YAAZ
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Ayaaz is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “frost; clear cold night”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Ayaaz mean?
Turkish: spelling of Ayaz, a Turkic name used in Persian and Urdu
“frost; clear cold night”
Ayaz, devoted companion of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, became a symbol of loyalty in Persian poetry.
Is Ayaaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayaaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayaaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 229% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Ayaaz, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ayaaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Ayaaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Ayaaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ayaaz, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Ayaaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayaaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
Names like Ayaaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Amir Abdullah Ahmed Arham Umar Zayd Zayaan Ayaz Mustafa Zayan
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz Demir
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ayaaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayaaz, updated 20 October 2026.