The baby name Ayhan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ajˈhan/ — EYE-hahn.
Ayhan is Turkish in Origin.
The baby name Ayhan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ajˈhan/ — EYE-hahn.
Ayhan is Turkish in Origin.
Ayhan is a Turkish masculine given name formed from ay “moon” and han “ruler, khan.” The composite sense is “lord of the moon” or “moon ruler,” evoking brightness, composure, and noble authority. The second element is the historic Turkic/Mongolic title han/khan long used in personal names, while ay is a prolific poetic element across Turkish anthroponymy.
The name has been well established in Turkey, especially since the early Republican era’s revival of pre‑Islamic Turkic name elements, and occurs throughout Turkic-speaking communities such as Azerbaijan and the diaspora; it also appears as a Turkish surname. Noted bearers include actor Ayhan Işık and footballer Ayhan Akman, which helped sustain late‑20th‑century visibility. Variants and spellings include Azerbaijani Ayxan and the transliteration Aykhan; Aihan is an occasional simplified form. Related (not equivalent) names sharing elements include Orhan, Turhan, Ceyhan (-han) and Aylin, Aysel (ay-).
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Boys | 0 | #35 | 2 | 614 |
| AZ | 0 | #41 | 3 | 706 | |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| TR | 0 | #48 | 43,010 | 19,440 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #74 | 2 | 1,051 |
| BG | 0 | #76 | 7 | 1,799 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #79 | 226 | 3,850 |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #81 | 1 | 756 |
| KZ | 0 | #93 | 2 | 1,452 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #107 | 4 | 2,055 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #111 | 20 | 1,400 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| GR | 0 | #128 | 8 | 3,911 | |
| IQ | 0 | #128 | 6 | 3,533 | |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #135 | 3 | 1,769 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #172 | 3 | 3,954 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #180 | 4 | 1,578 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| DK | 0 | #204 | 3 | 5,198 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #210 | 58 | 6,912 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #210 | 2 | 3,402 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #227 | 5 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #230 | 2 | 4,221 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #264 | 62 | 7,401 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #271 | 4 | 3,535 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #277 | 13 | 6,578 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #288 | 161 | 2,180 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #298 | 9 | 2,588 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #299 | 5 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #301 | 5 | 6,530 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #301 | 1,248 | 5,697 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| SA | 0 | #304 | 9 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #325 | 5 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #338 | 3 | 6,459 |
| Germany | 0 | #368 | 71 | 2,542 | |
| NL | 0 | #371 | 21 | 2,481 | |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #377 | 11 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #386 | 4 | 7,057 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #396 | 109 | 11,303 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #428 | 257 | 13,071 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #434 | 12 | 10,523 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #444 | 109 | 10,162 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #477 | 29 | 12,621 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #521 | 10 | 8,334 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #521 | 3 | 11,913 |
| LY | 0 | #523 | 13 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #530 | 19 | 10,655 |
| BH | 0 | #541 | 13 | 17,937 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #562 | 442 | 5,873 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #600 | 6 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #619 | 7 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #663 | 20 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #690 | 18 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #705 | 24 | 11,684 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #799 | 8 | 18,755 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #807 | 32 | 4,949 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #845 | 37 | 17,948 |
| TN | 0 | #863 | 3 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #876 | 17 | 7,044 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #877 | 10 | 15,035 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #918 | 13 | 5,610 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #938 | 18 | 5,933 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,005 | 5 | 14,742 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,006 | 171 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 6 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,135 | 9 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,191 | 9 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,385 | 230 | 28,008 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,388 | 84 | 10,046 |
Ayhan is popular in 60 countries — most recent births per country:
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