Zayan

Meaning and origin of Zayan

Popularity of Zayan in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2024.
• Over recent years, Zayan has been rising fast (+27.9% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Zayan every 11 schools, all spellings combined.

Zayan in English-speaking countries

Zayan ranks 221^st in England and Wales, against 298^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  221^st boys’ name668 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,237+9.4% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  350^th boys’ name103 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,650+10.8% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  380^th boys’ name27 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,220

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  563^rd boys’ name14 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,181

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  579^th boys’ name15 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,788

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,092^nd boys’ name598 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,598+7.3% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Zayan and Zayân are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Zayân5
• Zayann115
• Zayaan (in French)55
• Zayyan (in French)40
• Zaïan (in French)30
• Zahyan15
• Zayhan5
• Zayyân (in French)5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Zayan

• Emir
• Oumar
• Oussaid
• Zeyd
• Assil
• Layan
• Naïl
• Mehdi
• Adel
• Salim
• Rayane
• Imrane

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin