Zaydaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zay-DAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Zaydaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “growth, increase”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Zaydaan mean?
Arabic: variant of Zaydan, related to Zayd
“growth, increase”
Built on the same Arabic root as Zayd, from zada 'to grow, increase'.
Is Zaydaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaydaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaydaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Zaydaan, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Zaydaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Zaydaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Zaydaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
Nicknames for Zaydaan
- Zayd 291 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zaydaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Zayd Zayan Zayyan Musa Azaan Umar Mustafa Amir Abdullah Ahmed
Names related to Zaydaan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza 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, “Zaydaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaydaan, updated 20 October 2026.