Given name & surname
Ayman
“mother of Ayman”·“one who is fortunate; lucky”
Ayman is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “mother of Ayman” (Arabic) and “one who is fortunate; lucky” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Arabicأيمن
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “mother of Ayman” (Arabic) and “one who is fortunate; lucky” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,931
- 2,880 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 202 babies
- 2025
- 202
- #1,095 for boys · #13,432 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 196 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,095 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 53.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,341 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ayman’s family of names
In English usage, Ayman has a conventional equivalent in the German form AIMAN. Ayman has a related form in Aymen. Ayman has a related form in Aymean.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ayman has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Ayman comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Aymenvariant · English
- Aimanvariant · English, German
- Ayminvariant
- Eymenvariant · English
- Eimanvariant · English
- Aimenvariant · English
- Aymannlikely variant
- Aymynvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ayman
- Aymen HusseinIraqi footballerborn 1996
- Ayman OdehArab-Israeli lawyer and member of the Knessetborn 1975
- Ayman AshrafEgyptian association football playerborn 1991
- Ayman NourEgyptian politicianborn 1964
- Ayman AzhilGerman-Moroccan association football playerborn 2001
- Ayman TaherEgyptian footballerborn 1966
- Ayman ShawkyEgyptian footballerborn 1962
- Ayman Abdel-AzizEgyptian association football playerborn 1978
- Ayman Ben MohamedTunisian association football player (1994-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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