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All over the world, Dayan (Dayan , ديان , Даян , among others...) is a common unisex given name. The forename Dayan is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare male name, Maldives, and Panama, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Sri Lanka, and Colombia. Also, Dayan is the last name as well as the forename.
Dayan is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Dayan | Israel, Indonesia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Turkey |
ديان | Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia |
Даян, Дайан | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia |
דיין | Israel |
Dayan is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Diane de Maufrigneuse , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Jenny Schecter , the fictional character from the television series The L Word; Diane Lockhart , the fictional character from the television series The Good Wife and The Good Fight; Diane Butcher , the Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Diane Chambers , the Fictional character in the series Cheers, and in many other works.