Zyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-an
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,539 for boys
Zyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty, adornment”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 1,539th for boys in the US (112 babies).
What does Zyan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayan or Zain, from the root z-y-n
“beauty, adornment”
Built on the Arabic root z-y-n, 'beauty' or 'adornment', which also gives the names Zain and Zeina.
Is Zyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 112 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 134% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Zyan, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 453 boys in the UK were given Zyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #140, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Zyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Zyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 112about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were named Zyan, making it the 1,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 159 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Zyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,067 boys in the US were given Zyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #1,539 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 19% of the babies named Zyan in the US in 1999, and 7% in 2022.
Zyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,539 |
| 2024 | 159 | #1,243 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,574 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 86 | #1,766 |
| 2019 | 87 | #1,777 |
| 2018 | 88 | #1,744 |
| 2017 | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,056 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Zyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Zayaan Muhammad Zayd Musa Hamza Zayyan Rayyan Abdullah Azaan Umar Ahmed
Other spellings of Zyan
Names related to Zyan
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, “Zyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zyan, updated 20 October 2026.