Dhyey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DHYAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Dhyey is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “aim, goal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Dhyey mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit dhyeya, popular in Gujarati families
“aim, goal”
From Sanskrit dhyeya, 'what is meditated upon', which came to mean 'aim' or 'goal'.
Is Dhyey a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhyey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhyey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Dhyey, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Dhyey of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Dhyey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Dhyey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
Names like Dhyey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Brody, Rowan, Conan, Kayden, Kody, Ronan, Lochlan, Darragh, Conn, Cody, Cassian
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Dhyey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhyey, updated 20 October 2026.