Jiyan
Jiyan is a 2001 film written and directed by the Kurdish director Jano Rosebiani.
Meaning & Origin of Jiyan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jiyan is a 2001 film written and directed by the Kurdish director Jano Rosebiani.
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The Story of Jiyan
Jiyan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2013, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 25 Jiyans were born — ranking #4,104 that year. As of 2026, Jiyan ranks #4,366 for baby boys with 24 births, gradually rising (+11%). In total, more than 206 Jiyans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Jiyan
Jiyan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 206 births in the dataset. Jiyan's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #4,104. Use the chart and map above to compare Jiyan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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