Sufiyaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-fee-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
Sufiyaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sufiyaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sufiyan, itself a spelling of Sufyan
Sufyan al-Thawri was a renowned 8th-century hadith scholar and jurist of Kufa.
Meaning borrowed from Sufiyan.
Is Sufiyaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sufiyaan is a boys' name.
How popular is Sufiyaan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sufiyaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sufiyaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Sufiyaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Hamza Ahmed Mustafa Abdulrahman Zayaan Huzaifa Zayan Fahad Saif Zayyan
Names related to Sufiyaan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Sufiyaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sufiyaan, updated 20 October 2026.