Aayan (Name)

Aayan (transliteration: Aʿyan) is an ancient Arabic name for boys that means “one who has large beautiful eyes”¹, it is the masculine form of the girl name ʿAynaaʾ².

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad by the name of Aayan:

• Aayan bin Ḍubayʿah أعين بن ضُبيعَة

Abdullah ibn Aayan was a scholar of hadith.³

Aayan may also be spelled as A’yan, Ayan, Ayen and Aayen.

Below is the name Aayan written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the same name written in ruʿqah script:

1. Maqayees al-Lughah by Ibn Faris (d. 1004 CE), entry for عَيَنَ.
2. Ibid.
3. Al-Qamoos al-Muheet by Fairuzabadi (d. 1414 CE), entry for العَيْنُ.