Given name & surname
Boyan
Boyan is a masculine given name. It is used in Atayal.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Boyan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Boyan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 109 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,851 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,851 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 376 as a first name in 2020; 417 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Boyan’s family of names
In German usage, Boyan has a related form in Bojan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Boyan
- Boyan SlatDutch inventor and environmentalistborn 1994
- EnravotaBulgarian Christian martyr801–833
- Boyan RadevBulgarian wrestler1942–2025
- Boyan YordanovBulgarian volleyball playerborn 1983
- Boyan PetrovBulgarian zoologist and mountaineer (1973-2018)
- Boyan DanovskiBulgarian film director and playwright (1899-1976)
- Boyan PenevBulgarian literary historian1882–1927
- Boyan KotsevBulgarian cyclist (1930–2013)
- Boyan BiolchevBulgarian literary criticborn 1942
Characters named Boyan: Boyan (bard mentioned in the Rus' epic The Lay of Igor's Campaign).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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