Ayan
Meaning and origin
Meaning Eon in Arabic. May be related to the greek word Aeon.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ayan (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ayan has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | 3 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | – |
| 2007 | 2 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 13 |
| 2019 | 3 | 24 |
| 2020 | 5 | 25 |
| 2021 | 3 | 24 |
| 2022 | 3 | 27 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 191 | – |
| 2000 | 196 | – |
| 2001 | 207 | – |
| 2002 | 203 | – |
| 2003 | 208 | – |
| 2004 | 217 | – |
| 2005 | 232 | – |
| 2006 | 241 | – |
| 2007 | 273 | – |
| 2008 | 307 | – |
| 2009 | 351 | 15 |
| 2010 | 391 | 16 |
| 2011 | 413 | 16 |
| 2012 | 447 | 23 |
| 2013 | 532 | 33 |
| 2014 | 552 | 44 |
| 2015 | 585 | 55 |
| 2016 | 640 | 67 |
| 2017 | 673 | 78 |
| 2018 | 698 | 91 |
| 2019 | 714 | 122 |
| 2020 | 729 | 153 |
Ayan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ayan.Hi! My name is Ayan.
- Jag ska fika med Ayan i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ayan this afternoon.
- Ayan har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ayan has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ayans mamma är lärare.Ayan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ayans mamma is Ayan's mum.
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Questions about Ayan
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What does the name Ayan mean?
Meaning Eon in Arabic. May be related to the greek word Aeon.
How popular is Ayan in Sweden?
30 babies were named Ayan in 2022. In 2020, 882 people in Sweden had Ayan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.