Baby name

REVIVING UNISEX · PERSIAN/ARABIC
🇮🇷, 🇸🇦, 🇪🇬,  +3

Kayan

/KAI-ahn/


“Persian for leader, Arabic for being, Yoruba for celebrated child”

Kayan has diverse meanings, including 'high status' or 'leader' (Persian), 'being' or 'essence' (Arabic), and 'celebrated' or 'wished-for child' (Yoruba).

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How it ages.

Kayan brings a familiar foundation together with renewed contemporary appeal.

The cultural moment.

Kayan is reappearing more often in the United States after spending time outside the spotlight.