Hayan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hay-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Hayan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lively, full of life”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Hayan mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Hayyan
“lively, full of life”
Known from Jabir ibn Hayyan, the celebrated alchemist of the early Islamic era.
Is Hayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Hayan, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Hayan of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Hayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Hayyan 17
- Hayan 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Hayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
Names like Hayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan, Hamza, Muhammad, Amir, Yahya, Zayaan, Umar, Khalid, Ahmed, Arham, Musa, Hussain
Other spellings of Hayan
Names related to Hayan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
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, “Hayan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayan, updated 20 October 2026.