Adnaan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Adnaan by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Adnaan. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Adnaan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adnaan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adnangarden, eden; one who dwells in eden66 in England and Wales (2025)
- Afnaanbranches, twigs of a tree4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Ayaangift; blessing; grace from God443 in England and Wales (2025)
- Azaancall to prayer; the Islamic adhan with variant spelling99 in England and Wales (2025)
- Armaanhopeful or aspirational57 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Adnaan
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