Airan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Airan by the numbers
Airan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Airan
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 Airan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Aransmall king32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amranlong-lived; prosperous29 in the US (2017)
- Aimanblessed or fortunate26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arranfrom the island of Arran23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Abranfather of multitudes; form of Abraham22 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Airan
Names that are said the same way as Airan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aronhigh mountain, exalted; variant of Aaron77 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aarynmountain of strength, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaron90 in the US (2017)
- Ahronmountain of strength; a form of Aaron8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Auronmountain of strength; exalted; modern respelling of Aaron41 in the US (2017)
- Arronhigh mountain; variant spelling of aaron6 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Airan
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