Entry № 8594 · Arabic origin

Razan Razan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ rah-ZAHN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Gracefulness, calm"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "gracefulness, calm".

Razan (رزان) is the Arabic word for "gracefulness" or "composure." Used widely as a feminine name across the Arab world.

Razan al-Najjar (1997-2018) was the Palestinian paramedic killed during the Great March of Return; Razan Zaitouneh (born 1977) is the Syrian human rights lawyer.

Gracefulness. The Arabic composure.

The name in its native script.

رزان
Transliteration
Razān
Pronunciation
/ rəˈzɑːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Razan stands.

Razan does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Razans before her.

Real people
Razan al-Najjar
Palestinian paramedic.
1997 – 2018
Razan Zaitouneh
Syrian human rights lawyer.
born 1977
In fiction
Razan
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Razan.

The number behind Razan.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Razan reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.