Ayman
An Arabic name meaning "lucky" or "blessed", with the older sense of "right-handed". In Poland it stays rare: about 105 men carry it, and most people here have never met one.
Ayman Pronunciation
Ayman is pronounced ah-IH-mahn (/aˈɨman/).
What Ayman means
Where Ayman comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ayman comes from the Arabic root y-m-n, the same three consonants behind yamīn, the right hand, and yumn, good fortune. In Arabic the right side long stood for the auspicious, so one root could hold both the hand you favour and the luck you hope for. Ayman is the adjective form of it, read as the fortunate one. That is why the short meaning gathers three senses at once: right-handed, lucky, blessed.
The name has stayed common across the Arabic-speaking world for generations. In Poland it now turns up on a class register beside Kacper and Zofia, carried by children of families who settled here. Teachers learn to say it before they learn where it began.
There is no Polish diminutive fixed to Ayman, and no name-day in the church calendar for it. The root does the work. Ayman means the one on the fortunate side, the child placed on the right.
How many people are named Ayman
1 in 203297 men in Poland is named Ayman. 105 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3334 among male names.
Ayman as a middle name
Ayman is a first name for 105 men in Poland and a middle name for another 46, a 70/30 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1127th, between Apollo (46) and Davide (46).
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#1125 Zefiryn47
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#1126 Apollo46
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#1127 Ayman46
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#1128 Davide46
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#1129 Fatih46