Dhyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DYAHN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Dhyan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “meditation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Dhyan mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit dhyana
“meditation”
Sanskrit dhyana, meditation, passed into Chinese as Chan and Japanese as Zen.
Is Dhyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Dhyan, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 boys.
2025 had more boys named Dhyan than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Dhyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Dhyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
- Dhyan 23
- Dhyaan 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Dhyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
How popular is Dhyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Dhyan, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had more boys named Dhyan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Dhyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Dhyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Dhruv Veer Avyaan Shivansh Devansh Aviraj Shiv Yuvraj Daksh Ansh
Other spellings of Dhyan
Dhyaan
Names related to Dhyan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
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, “Dhyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhyan, updated 20 October 2026.