Given name
Diyar
“sight, visible”
Diyar is a masculine given name from Middle Persian, meaning “sight, visible.” It is used in Northern Kurdish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diyar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 65 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,431 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,431 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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