Reyyan
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ray-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Reyyan is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Reyyan mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Rayyan
“well-watered, lush”
In Islamic tradition, al-Rayyan is the gate of Paradise kept for those who fast.
Is Reyyan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reyyan has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US.
How popular is Reyyan in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
Reyyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
How popular is Reyyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Reyyan, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Reyyan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Reyyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reyyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Reyyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raha Rehmat Rahaf Rahma Razan Safa Rahil Nusaybah Sama Layan Wateen Hafsa
Names related to Reyyan
Ryan Rayyan Reyan Reyna Reyaan Rayyaan Reyhana Reyhan Reyn Reyana Reyanna
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Reyyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reyyan, updated 20 October 2026.