Yazdan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yaz-DAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Yazdan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Yazdan mean?
Persian: from ancient Iranian yazata
“God”
A Persian word for God, going back to the ancient Iranian yazata, 'a being worthy of worship'.
Is Yazdan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yazdan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yazdan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 583% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Yazdan, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yazdan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Yazdan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Yazdan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
- Yazdan 16
- Yazdaan 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Yazdan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Yazdan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Yazdan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Yazdan in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yazdan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
Names like Yazdan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Yazan Yahya Muhammad Zohan Musa Amir Yunus Yaman Zayaan Zayan Miran
Other spellings of Yazdan
Yazdaan
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Yazdan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yazdan, updated 20 October 2026.