Dhian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dhee-AAN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Dhian is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “meditation, focus”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Dhian mean?
Sanskrit: Punjabi dhian, from Sanskrit dhyana 'meditation'
“meditation, focus”
Is Dhian a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Dhian, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dhian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Dhian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Dhian 6
- Dhiaan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Dhian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Names like Dhian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Shivansh, Avyaan, Devansh, Arjan, Bodhi, Yuvraj, Dhruv, Arjun, Aviraj, Veer
Other spellings of Dhian
Names related to Dhian
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Arya, Lila, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India, Avani, Rudra, Agastya
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, “Dhian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhian, updated 20 October 2026.