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A Quranic Name for Boys

Short meaning of AlyanHigh Status, Exalted, Sublime and Superb
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How to pronounce Alyan

Under + pLay + YArN

Each block is a syllable. Thick black border indicates stress/emphasis. Other pronunciations are acceptable.
Arabic Spelling (How to write Alyan in Arabic)عليان
Quranic Nature
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Indirectly Mentioned
Alternate spellings of AlyanAlyaan Alian Aliaan Alean Aleaan Elian Elyan Aliyan Aliyaan Alean Aleaan Aleyan Aleyaan Alian
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Quranic Root
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AIN-L-A
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Meaning of Alyan

Alyan is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means “one who climbs upwards”, “one who ascends”, figuratively meaning “high”, “supreme”, “exalted”, “great”. Alyan is an ancient Arabic name used since before Islam. It is derived from the AIN-L-A root which is also the root for the common name Ali.

Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)! (Quran 17:43)

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20 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Dear Brothers n Sisters, Alyan means supreme, exalted or high, is it permesible to use such names which is usually used only for Allah subhana watala.
    i feel this has to be understood better or the meaning should be studied more carefully.
    i am looking for a name for my child, could be a boy or a girl not known.

  2. Anonymous

    my son nam is alyan
    becouse i love of ahlil bait there for we are choise of the name of ahly bait
    i love the name of alyan haider

  3. Anonymous

    I think to name Abdul Alyan (slave of the one who is most high /supreme) would make more sense.
    & ALLAH knows best..

  4. Anonymous

    If we spell as Aaliyaan instead of Alyan, will the meaning remain same as Alyan, because people may call my baby Alean.

  5. Anonymous

    hi if i want to name my baby Mohammed Aliyaan is there bcos i love the name Aliyaan?

  6. Anonymous

    Can we name Muhammad.Alyan? I like this name among all the names with A

  7. Anonymous

    Salam brothers/sisters, my wife and i would like to name our new born boy as Aaliyaan Rahman. Please help us find the meaning.

  8. Anonymous

    Salam brothers/sisters, my wife and i would like to name our new born boy as Aalyaan Rahman. Please help us find the meaning

  9. Anonymous

    Alyan is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means “one who climbs upwards”, “one who ascends”, figuratively meaning “high”, “supreme”, “exalted”, “great”. Alyan is an ancient Arabic name used since before Islam. It is derived from the AIN-L-A root which is also the root for the common name Ali.

  10. Anonymous

    Muhammad Aaliyaan means supreme, exalted or high, is it permesible to use such names which is usually used only for Allah subhana watala.

  11. Anonymous

    Hi,

    Can we use Aaliyan in Urdu and name meaning remains the same?

    Thanks

  12. Anonymous

    Your explanation and those comments have helped quite a lot, I thank you all!

  13. Anonymous

    Alyan and Aliyaan are different both by pronounction and I’m not sure but by meaning as well. So be careful about that. Real I think is ‘Alyan’ and I’m not sure Allah knows best.

  14. Anonymous

    Aslaam o alaikum,
    I was reading with interest whereby some people think that the name or attribute associated with ALLAH (swt) cannot be used as a name for a creation like human child. Unfortunately this thinking is not right. Why?, well simple rather than going into long discussion and debate, remember one of the most admired personalities in muslim history is Hazrat Ali (RA), infact Ali could be second most prevalent name among muslims, Ali is name of ALLAH (Ism e sifati), there is no Hadith that our beloved Prophet sallalahoillaiwassalm ordered Hazarat Ali (RA) to change his name, if He would have ordered Hazarat Ali (RA) then he would have changed his name. Over centuries muslims have named their children ALI, and then later on this thinking of possibly indulging in shirk if you name your child on name used for ALLAH (SWT), and last point isnt all good names are of ALLAH (SWT), so should we use all bad names for our selves and our children.Please think

  15. Anonymous

    AOA, My son name is Alyan Ahmad who is mashallah three years old.

  16. Anonymous

    Muhammad alyan is my favourite…insha Allah if the new baby is boy then it will this one.

  17. Anonymous

    Can we name our child as Syed Alyan or Muhammad Alyan ??
    Actually we are Syed family and people told us ,using Syed instead of Muhammad means from the same family of Muhammad… kindly help if any one have good knowledge about this

  18. Anonymous

    AMuslim name should be strictly following Quran,Sunnah/Hadith,Sahaba’s Ijma & widely accepted Qias of Ulamae keram.Pervertion of Islamic traditional name is Bida’ah(innovation/pervertion any alien culture in Islam focussing as origin Islam).Holy ProphetSAW said that who follows the alien culture other than his Sunnah will be regarded as their also said regarding names parents will be accountable to Allah if they name children other than Islamic Allah guide all the believers to follow the Prophets Sunnah strictly for the peace,barakah,wellfare in both the World.

  19. Anonymous

    Now-a-day it has been a fashion of some so called secular Muslims that they follow some rules of Islam but they never show any feeling to follow islamic culture tradition in their daily.social or community can’t understand whether he is a Muslim or belong to any other religion by their names,dress up,exchange of greetings & other manners .But Holy ProphetSAW said any one follows other alien culture than his Sunnah he belongs to their religion.Following alien’s name any Muslim can’t name his new born children ‘s name.

  20. Anonymous

    Alyan

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