The baby name Aban is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Persian: /ɒːˈbɒːn/ — "AH-bahn"; Arabic: /ˈabæn/ — "AH-ban".
Aban is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Aban is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Persian: /ɒːˈbɒːn/ — "AH-bahn"; Arabic: /ˈabæn/ — "AH-ban".
Aban is Persian in Origin.
Aban carries twin lineages in Persian and Arabic. In Persian (Ābān), it derives from āb “water” with the collective suffix -ān, meaning “waters.” It names the eighth month of the Iranian calendar and is associated with the Zoroastrian divinity of the waters (Anāhitā) and the festival Ābānagān. In Arabic (Abān), the name relates to the verb abāna “to make clear,” yielding senses such as “clear, manifest, eloquent.”
The name appears early in Islamic history through figures like Abān ibn ‘Uthmān (governor of Medina) and Abān ibn Taghlib (Kūfan scholar and Quran reciter). In Iran it is used for both sexes, often evoking the month or the element of water; in Arabic-speaking and South Asian Muslim communities it is chiefly masculine. Common variants and transliterations include Ābān, Abān, Aaban, and Abaan.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 0 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| IQ | 0 | #131 | 3 | 3,533 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| GH | 0 | #246 | 3 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #299 | 8 | 2,588 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #337 | 3 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #353 | 2 | 12,352 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #354 | 8 | 8,138 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #354 | 5 | 7,678 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #368 | 78 | 10,523 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #384 | 6 | 7,057 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #385 | 3 | 2,865 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #406 | 3 | 11,440 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #481 | 3 | 7,628 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #518 | 13 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #522 | 4 | 11,303 |
| LY | 0 | #525 | 11 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #538 | 15 | 10,162 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #555 | 6 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #567 | 9 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #601 | 5 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #618 | 5 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #629 | 39 | 13,071 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #677 | 6 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #684 | 7 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #759 | 9 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #802 | 5 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #823 | 4 | 15,093 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #855 | 32 | 15,035 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #888 | 5 | 7,044 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #914 | 5 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #919 | 8 | 14,506 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #942 | 10 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #962 | 21 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #990 | 12 | 16,750 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,051 | 61 | 25,439 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,079 | 14 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,164 | 13 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,196 | 16 | 19,440 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,527 | 88 | 28,008 |
Aban is popular in 45 countries — most recent births per country:
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