Dhiaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dhee-AAN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Dhiaan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “meditation, focus”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Dhiaan mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Dhian; Punjabi dhian, from Sanskrit dhyana 'meditation'
“meditation, focus”
Meaning borrowed from Dhian.
Is Dhiaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhiaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhiaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Dhiaan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dhiaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Dhiaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Dhian 6
- Dhiaan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Dhiaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
Names like Dhiaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Avyaan, Vihaan, Shivansh, Devansh, Aviraj, Krishiv, Dhruvansh, Arjan, Viraj, Nirvaan, Ivaan
Other spellings of Dhiaan
Names related to Dhiaan
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veer, Veda, India
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, “Dhiaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhiaan, updated 20 October 2026.