Zahyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zah-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Zahyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Zahyan come from?
Arabic: probably a variant of Zayan
Is Zahyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zahyan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Zahyan of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zahyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
Names like Zahyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Muhammad, Zayd, Zayan, Zayyan, Musa, Amir, Umar, Mustafa, Zaydaan, Ziyad, Azaan
Names related to Zahyan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa
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, “Zahyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahyan, updated 20 October 2026.