Meaning: Path; progress
The story
Ayaan is a contemporary name connected in Indian naming with Sanskrit ayana, path or progress. Widely repeated gift-of-God glosses do not establish an Arabic etymology.
Nicknames
- Ayu
Spellings & variants
- Ayan
- Aayan
- Ayyan
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Origins
Ayaan comes from Sanskrit.
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