Nayan
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning eye, vision, sight.
Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2664
8 babies
Nayan by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Nayan. In the US, 28 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 32 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nayan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a dream
Like Nayan, each of these has a dream in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
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