Dayyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dy-AHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Dayyan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “judge”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Dayyan mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Dayan; Hebrew word and surname
“judge”
In Hebrew a dayan is a judge of a rabbinical court; Israeli general Moshe Dayan bore it as a surname.
Meaning borrowed from Dayan.
Is Dayyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dayyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 240% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Dayyan, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Dayyan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Dayyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Dayyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Dayyan 11
- Dayan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Dayyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Dayyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Dayyan, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had more boys named Dayyan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Dayyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dayyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
Names like Dayyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Rayyan, Zayaan, Zayan, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zayyan, Ayyub, Azaan, Zayd, Hamza, Eesa
Other spellings of Dayyan
Names related to Dayyan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Dayyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayyan, updated 20 October 2026.