Ajan

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ajan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name4.3K records spelled Ajan56 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Austria, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ayan, A-Yan, Ayān, Äÿan, A'Jan

• a separate given name3.6K records spelled Ajan2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Aján

• Albanian given name2.0K records spelled Ajan2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, Italy

  Also written Ayan

• Spanish surname708 records spelled Ajan54 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Argentina, India

  Languages: Spanish, English, Bangla

  Also written Azan, Azañ, Azaan, আজান, আয়ান

• Hungarian given name334 records spelled Ajan6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, India, Hungary, United States

  Also written Ayan, Aján, Áyáń, Äÿan, Ayán

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ajan is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Kurdish, Sapling

  as a word·kurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

• In Turkish, agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, first-person singular present indicative of ajama

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Occitan, third-person plural present subjunctive of aver

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, genitive/accusative singular of aika

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In izh, genitive singular of aika

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1914–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ajan Fakirb. 1610Indian Sufi
• Ayan Sadakovb. 1961BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian footballer (1961–2017)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 329 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ajan?

We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Ajan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Ajan have the most bearers?

Ajan is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ajan.

Where is Ajan most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ajan is densest in Albania — about 1 in 4.4 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

Is Ajan a male or female name?

Ajan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.