Arabic

Iyan

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Meaning

Time, Era, Epoch.It is a Quranic name for boys and girls meaning time, era, epoch. It is another version of the name Ayan, with the exact same meaning. Iyan and Ayan are the same word with the same spelling in Arabic in the Quran, the word can be read as either Iyan or Ayan without changing the meaning.

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Iyan is a girl name of Arabic origin. It starts with the letter I and is included in our growing baby names directory.

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