Sayan
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sayan is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country. Recorded meaning: mtn. range. Russia.
- THThailand≈1 in 4.3Kas สายัณห์(inferred from the name graph)
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 38K
- GYGuyana1 in 150K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sayan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Thailand (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 146 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 named สายัณห์, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
30 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled สายัณห์ in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, Sayanh in US United States, Sain in PK Pakistan and সায়ান in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
mtn. range. Russia
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sayan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH Thailand | #365 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | #173,713 | สายัณห์ | 108 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | সায়ান | 18 |
| US United States | — | 1,243as Saya | 1 in 268K | 4.7K | Sayanh | 119 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 301K | listed | สายัณห์ | 1 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 422K | — | Sain | 8 |
| SE Sweden | — | 108as Saya | 1 in 94K | 108 | — | 2 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 70as Saya | 1 in 48K | 259 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 46as Saya | 1 in 128K | 43 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | 5 | 1 in 150K | 19 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sayan is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Of or relating to the Sayan Mountains.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mrw, to imitate
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In map-pro, termite
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Turkish, Sayar, saygılı, hürmet eden.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Erol Sayanb. 1936TRTurkish composer (born 1936)
- Giyasettin Sayanb. 1950TRTurkish-German statesperson (born 1950)
- Seda Sayanb. 1962TRTurkish singer (born 1962)
- Sayan Mukherjeeb. 1971INstatistician and university professor
- Arzu Tan Sayanb. 1973TRTurkish taekwondo athlete (born 1973)
- Engin Sayanb. 1974TRTurkish association football player (born 1974)
- Başak Sayanb. 1977TRTurkish actor (born 1977)
- Fatma Betül Sayan Kayab. 1981TRTurkish physician and statesperson (born 1981)
- İlker Sayanb. 1993TRTurkish association football player (born 1993)
- Maks Sayanmusician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 58 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 302 | #69,958 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 300 | #65,964 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 251 | #72,237 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #51,879 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sayan mean, and where does it come from?
- mtn. range. Russia Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- In which country does Sayan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named สายัณห์ in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sayan?
- In Guyana, the national register counted 5 people named Sayan in 2025, about 1 in 150 thousand residents.
- How common is Sayan compared with other names?
- In Thailand, Sayan is the 365th most common given name of 488,147 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sayanThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sayan” — the 365th most common given name in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.