Layan
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning soft; delicate.
Babies a year
163
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#831
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
#279
163 babies · up from #383
Layan by the numbers
In 2025, 163 babies in England and Wales were named Layan. In the US, 173 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 175 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Layan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Layan, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Layan
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