Zayyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zay-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #687 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Zayyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, adorned”. In 2025 it ranked 687th for boys in the UK (58 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Zayyan mean?
Arabic: from the root of zayn, beauty
“handsome, adorned”
From the same Arabic root as Zain and Zayn, meaning beauty or adornment.
Is Zayyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 687th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the UK were named Zayyan, making it the 687th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 95 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Zayyan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Zayyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 658th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Zayyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #687 |
| 2024 | 95 | #470 |
| 2023 | 61 | #650 |
| 2022 | 68 | #606 |
| 2021 | 79 | #548 |
| 2020 | 61 | #642 |
| 2019 | 65 | #625 |
| 2018 | 80 | #540 |
| 2017 | 66 | #624 |
| 2016 | 74 | #572 |
| 2015 | 54 | #696 |
| 2014 | 44 | #791 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,069 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Zayyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Zayyan, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had fewer boys named Zayyan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zayyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zayyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
Names like Zayyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zayan, Zayd, Muhammad, Azaan, Musa, Rayyan, Musab, Ziyad, Hamza, Huzaifa, Umar
Names related to Zayyan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Zayyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayyan, updated 20 October 2026.