Raydan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Raydan by the numbers
Raydan was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Raydan
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 Raydan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
- Rayyanwatered, irrigated; one who drinks261 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayaangates of paradise75 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayhansweet basil16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raidanthunder and lightning; used in English8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Raydan
Names that are said the same way as Raydan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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