Zayn
A Hebrew name meaning "beauty, grace", now carried in Poland by Arabic-speaking families and given almost entirely to boys. Most Poles have never met one: it turned up only in the last few years, a handful of newborns at a time, mostly around Warsaw.
Zayn Pronunciation
Zayn is pronounced ZAH-ihn (/ˈzaɨn/).
What Zayn means
Where Zayn comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Zayn traces its root to Hebrew, where zayin names the seventh letter of the alphabet. Its cultural home lies in Arabic, and there the word means beauty and grace. That double heritage is unusual for so short a name. The meaning people give it stays plain: beauty, grace.
One bearer made the spelling famous. Zayn Malik, born in Bradford in 1993, sang in One Direction before he left for a solo career. He dropped his surname and performed under one word, which put Zayn in front of millions of listeners.
In Poland the name is new. On a school class register it now sits near Kacper and Antoni, with no Polish diminutive of its own. Zayn stands on its four letters. The sense stays fixed: beauty, grace.
How many people are named Zayn
1 in 561742 men in Poland is named Zayn. 40 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6183 among male names.
Zayn's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1403 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2019.
Where Zayn is most popular
Zayn is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (9 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian9 boys born+510%
Zayn as a middle name
Zayn is a first name for 40 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 73/27 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2467th, between Zachariusz (15) and Zlatan (15).
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#2465 Yousuf15
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#2466 Zachariusz15
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#2467 Zayn15
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#2468 Zlatan15
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#2469 Zoran15