Izan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 75 babies a year in the US.
How Izan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2023 | #876 |
| 2024 | #713 |
| 2025 | #884 |
Izan by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Izan. In the US, 75 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 93 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Izan
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 Izan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Iangod is gracious; a form of john5,012 in the US (2017)
- Ivangod is gracious; a form of John3,038 in the US (2017)
- Imanfaith; belief48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilantree119 in the US (2017)
- Izaanobedience or submission43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Izakhe laughs; a form of Isaac9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Izan
Names that are said the same way as Izan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Izan
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