Aydin

What Aydin means

Means “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated…

From Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aydin” (revision 93470640), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aydin?

US: Falling: down from #802 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #445 in 2015, #469 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 384 boys got the name (#645 that year). First in the US records in 1984.

How common

• About 1 in 11,620 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,276 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VA (0.24 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.23 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.21 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Aydin is #1315 in the US and #469 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aydin were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aiden5,046 US · 298 E&W
• Ayden1,343 US · 119 E&W
• Aidan1,043 US · 171 E&W
• Odin604 US · 84 E&W
• Adan625 US · 10 E&W
• Aden224 US · 25 E&W
• Eyden168 US · 8 E&W
• Aydan85 US · 19 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aydin

Boys

• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025

For a sister

• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aydin’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.