Name profile

Aydan

Turkish language given name

Usage languagesTurkish
US rank (2025)#1,852

Meaning and history

Aydan is a Turkish and Azerbaijani name formed from ay, meaning "moon," and a suffix conveying origin, giving the sense "from the moon." It is primarily feminine in Turkish but has become unisex internationally, where it may also be treated as a variant of Aidan. Notable bearers include Turkish actress Aydan Şener and German politician Aydan Özoğuz.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 429 births, rank #577
2007: 414 births, rank #608
2008: 454 births, rank #570
2009: 399 births, rank #626
2010: 380 births, rank #636
20112011: 346 births, rank #682
2012: 337 births, rank #705
2013: 253 births, rank #844
2014: 239 births, rank #898
2015: 214 births, rank #966
20162016: 203 births, rank #1,006
2017: 172 births, rank #1,116
2018: 142 births, rank #1,291
2019: 162 births, rank #1,186
2020: 134 births, rank #1,335
20212021: 147 births, rank #1,291
2022: 149 births, rank #1,284
2023: 114 births, rank #1,539
2024: 106 births, rank #1,608
20252025: 85 births, rank #1,852

Aydan moved from #899 to #968 for boys between 2014 and 2015. Its highest annual birth count came in 2008, with 454 births.