Given name & surname
Rehan
“resembling a flower”
Rehan is used as a given name and a surname. One Armenian interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Armenian interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Armenian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rehan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,488
- 1,460 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #3,115 for boys · #12,897 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,115 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 81 in 2008. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,873 as a first name in 2020; 687 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.
Rehan’s family of names
Rehan has a related form in Rehana. Rehan has a related form in Rehanna. Rehan has a related form in Rehanan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rehannavariant
- Rehanavariant
- Rehaniyavariant
- Rehaneavariant
- Rehaniavariant
- Rehannanvariant
- Rehananvariant
- Rehannevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rehan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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