Jiyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jee-YAHN
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Jiyan is a boys' name, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Jiyan mean?
Kurdish, from jiyan 'life'
“life”
Kurdish word for life, as in the slogan Jin, Jiyan, Azadi 'Woman, Life, Freedom'.
Is Jiyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jiyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jiyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Jiyan, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jiyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Jiyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Jiyan 11
- Jiyaan 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Jiyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Jiyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Jiyan, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
2025 had fewer boys named Jiyan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Jiyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jiyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
Names like Jiyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Avyaan Shivansh Ivaan Krishiv Gurbaaz Arjan Vivaan Viyan Yuvraj Advik
Other spellings of Jiyan
Names related to Jiyan
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, “Jiyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jiyan, updated 20 October 2026.