Ayham
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ayham by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Ayham. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ayham
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 Ayham. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arhammost merciful or compassionate238 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayhanmoon khan or moon leader25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adhamdark, black6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aiham5 in the US (2017)
- Abramhigh father; alternate form of Abraham739 in the US (2017)
- Ayaangift; blessing; grace from God443 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ayham
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