Ayan (
Arabic
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عَيَّان ''‘ayān'') is an Indian or Arabic male given name meaning "watchful, seeing, witnessing, viewing" which is a
connotation
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to the Arabic word ''‘ayn'' (عين) meaning "eye" or "sight". Similar names with different spelling Aayan and Ayaan.
Notable people with this name
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Ayan Allahverdiyeva
Ayan Allahverdiyeva (born 21 February 2005) is an Azerbaijani chess player, European Youth Chess Championship winner (2018).
Biography
In 2013 she won the Azerbaijan Youth Chess Championship for girls U8. In 2014 and 2015 Ayan Allahverdiyeva wo ...
, Azerbaijani chess player
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Ayan Babakishiyeva
Ayan may refer to:
Places
*Ayan, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Ayan, Russia, a rural locality (a ''selo'') and a port in Khabarovsk Krai on the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
*Ayan, Çankırı, a village in Turkey
*Ayan Virusampatti ...
, Azerbaijani singer and actress
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Ayan Bhattacharjee, Indian cricketer
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Ayan Broomfield, Canadian tennis player
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Ayan Mukerji, Indian film director
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Ayan Pal
Ayan Pal is an Indian author and public speaker who is best known for his novel ''Confessions on an Island'', as well as his acclaimed short stories in the anthologies ''Chronicles of Urban Nomads'' and ''21 Tales to Tell''. He has also co-aut ...
, Indian author and public speaker
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Ayan Sadakov, Bulgarian footballer
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Wael Ayan
Wael Ayan ( ar, وائل عيان; born June 13, 1985, in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian footballer. He currently playing for Kolkata's club Mohammedan. He plays as a midfielder, wearing the number 14 for the Syrian national football team.
Internati ...
(born 1985), Syrian international footballer
Ayaan
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (; ; Somali: ''Ayaan Xirsi Cali'':'' Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī;'' born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, ar, أيان حرسي علي / ALA-LC: ''Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī'' 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist and former politici ...
, Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar and politician
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Ayaan Khan (born 1992), Indian cricketer
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Ayaan Ali Khan, Indian classical musician
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Ayyan Ali
Ayyan Ali ( ur, ) is a Pakistani model and singer. She started modeling in 2010 and won the title of ''Best Female Emerging Model''. She was nominated four times for the Lux Style Awards. In 2013, she clarified that she only wanted to be pub ...
, Pakistani model and singer known professionally as Ayyan
See also
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Ayan (disambiguation)
Ayan may refer to:
Places
* Ayan, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Ayan, Russia, a rural locality (a ''selo'') and a port in Khabarovsk Krai on the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
* Ayan, Çankırı, a village in Turkey
* Ayan Virusampa ...
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Ayane, an unrelated name
References
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