Shayaan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 28 babies a year in England and Wales.
Shayaan by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Shayaan. In the US, 27 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 60 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Shayaan
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 Shayaan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shayanworthy, suitable50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shahaanking or royal7 in the US (2017)
- Shaylan7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaanpride, majesty37 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shayagift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sufyaanquick or swift19 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Shayaan
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