What does the name Ayaan mean?

Ayaan means "Meanings families give: Gift of God; God's gift; Gift of God, speed". It is a boy's name of Arabic / Sanskrit origin.

Ayaan

Ayaan means Meanings families give: Gift of God; God's gift; Gift of God, speed.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Arabic / Sanskrit
Language	Hindi / Multi-regional / Urdu
Starts with	A

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Gift of God; God's gift; Gift of God, speed”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Ayan — Path, speed
Vegavati — Swift, fast-moving, speed
Gati — Speed, motion and swift movement forward
Manojav — the speed or swiftness of thought
Inaaya — Gift of God, care
Prisha — Meanings families give: Beloved, God's gift; Beloved, darling; Beloved, God gifted, talent

More boys' names of Arabic / Sanskrit origin

Kabir — Meanings families give: Great, powerful; Great, powerful and the all-mighty divine; Great, the Almighty
Samar — Meanings families give: Battle, war; War, battle, a warrior who excels in combat; War, battle, fruit of heaven

Where this comes from

Ayaan has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.