name
Viyan
vee-YAHN
viˈjɑnListen
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Syllable breakdown
Viyan
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Kurmanji Kurdish (Turkey/Syria/Iraq)
- Meaning
- a Kurmanji Kurdish unisex name meaning desire, love, or will, from the Kurdish root conveying strong longing and intentional striving toward something deeply valued; in Kurdish literary and political culture Viyan carries connotations of both romantic longing and the political will to resist oppression and achieve freedom, and it has become popular among Kurdish diaspora communities as well as in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and among Kurds in Syria, Turkey, and Iran who use it as a quiet declaration of cultural pride and identity
- Gender
- unisex
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