Azen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Azen by the numbers

Azen was given to 5 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 Azen

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 Azen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adenparadise or garden594 in the US (2017)
  • Amenso be it; truth; certainty131 in the US (2017)
  • Alenbright; a form of Alan38 in the US (2017)
  • Azancall to prayer23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Azelnoble one21 in the US (2017)
  • Atenthe sun disk; Egyptian sun deity5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Azen

Names that are said the same way as Azen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Azaancall to prayer; the Islamic adhan with variant spelling99 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aazancall to prayer; announcement3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aizen105 in the US (2017)
  • Azon9 in the US (2017)
  • Ayzaan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aizan5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Azen

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