Aidan (name)

Aidan, Aiden, Aedan
Pronunciation	/ˈeɪdən/
Gender	Male
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Meaning	born of fire/the fiery one/little fiery one
Region of origin	Ireland
Popularity	see popular names

Aidan, Aiden and Aedan are the main anglicisations of the Irish male given name Aodhán and the Scottish Gaelic given name Aodhàn.^[1]

Etymology and spelling

The name is derived from the name Aodhán, which is a pet form of Aodh.^[2] The personal name Aodh means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed).^[3]

Formerly common only in Ireland and Scotland, the name and its variants have become popular in England, the United States, and Canada. Aidan has been the 57th most popular name in the United States since the start of the year 2000, bestowed on over 62,000 boys, while Aiden ranking 66th, has been used on over 51,000 boys. Other variants are a bit less popular, such as Hayden 88th, Ayden 189th, Aden 333rd, Aydan 808th, and Aydin 960th, according to the United States Social Security Database.^[4] "Aidan/Aiden" was the most popular boys' name in Canada in 2007.^[5]

Its popularity is also reflected in the occurrence of similar-sounding names such as Braden, Caden, Hayden, and Jayden.^[6]

Aidan (or any reasonable variant) as a girl's name does not appear in the top one thousand names for girls from the same database, although it has occasionally been used for girls.

Some sources suggest that the feminine equivalent of Aidan is Eithne, which has the same meaning.^[7]

Given name

Middle Ages

Áedán mac Gabráin (ruled c. 574–609), King of Dál Riata, sometimes anglicised as Aidan of Dalriada
Aeddan ap Blegywryd (died 1018), Welsh prince of Gwynedd
Adam, Earl of Angus (ruled from before c. 1189)
Saint Máedóc of Ferns (550–632), also known as Áedan
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), Irish missionary and Bishop

Modern times

Aidan Baker (born 1974), Canadian musician
Aidan Banks, English guitarist
Aidan Browne, Northern Irish television presenter
Aiden Byrne, English chef
Aidan Chambers (born 1934), English author
Aidan Cooney, Irish television presenter
Aidan Crawley (1908–1993), British politician
Aidan J. David (born 1981), English actor
Aidan Davis (born 1997), English dancer
Aidan Delgado (born 1981), American soldier and anti-war activist
Aidan Devine, Canadian film actor
Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846–1929), English cardinal
Aidan Gillen (born 1968), Irish actor
Aidan Gillett (born 1986), Australian actor
Aidan Girt, Canadian drummer
Aidan Gould (born 1996), American actor
Aiden Grimshaw, English musician
Aiden Guerra, Australian rugby league player
Aidan Hartley (born 1965), British author and journalist
Aiden J. Harvey (born 1944), English comedian
Aidan Heavey (born 1953), Irish businessman
Aidan Higgins (born 1927), Irish writer
Aidan Hughes (born 1956), English artist
Aidan Kelly (born 1940), American Wiccan
John Aidan Liddell (1888–1915), English pilot
Aiden MacCarthy (1914–1992), Irish doctor
Aidan Carl Matthews (born 1956), Irish writer
Aidan McAnespie (1965–1988), Irish victim of the Troubles
Aidan McArdle (born 1970), Irish actor
Aidan McLindon (born 1980), Australian politician
Aidan Mitchell (born 1993), American actor
Aidan Moffat (born 1973), Scottish musician
Aidan Quinn (born 1959), American actor
Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963), American preacher
Aidan Turner (born 1983), Irish actor
Aiden Turner (born 1977), English actor
Aidan White (journalist) (born 1951), British journalist
Aidan Zammit (born 1965), Maltese musician
Aidan Rico (born 2008), English actor

Sports

Aiden Blizzard (born 1984), Australian cricketer
Aiden Bonar (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
Aiden Butterworth (born 1961), English football player
Aiden Cairns, Australian rugby league player
Aidan Coleman (born 1988), Irish jockey
Aidan Collins (English footballer) (born 1986)
Aidan Daly (born 1978), New Zealand basketball player
Aidan Davison (born 1968), British footballer
Aidan Downes (born 1988), Irish footballer
Aiden English (born 1987), American professional wrestler
Aidan Fennelly, Irish gaelic footballer
Aidan Fogarty (born 1982), Irish hurling player
Aidan Fogarty (hurler) (born 1958), Irish hurling player
Aidan Kearney (born 1984), Irish hurling player
Aidan Kirk (born 1986), New Zealand rugby league player
Aidan McCaffrey (born 1957), English footballer
Aiden McGeady (born 1986), Irish footballer
Aidan Murphy (born 1967), English footballer and coach
Aidan Newhouse (born 1972), English footballer
Aiden O'Brien, Irish footballer
Aidan O'Brien (born 1969), Irish horse-racing trainer
Aidan O'Kane (born 1979), Northern Irish footballer
Aidan O'Mahony (born 1982), Irish gaelic footballer
Aiden Palmer (born 1987), English football player
Aidan Price (born 1981), Irish footballer
Aiden Tolman (born 1988), Australian rugby league player
Aidan Walsh (born 1990), Irish hurling and Gaelic football player

Fictional characters

"Aidan" (The Inside episode), the title of episode 8 of the television series The Inside
Aidan Brosnan, fictional character played by Sean Maguire in the television series EastEnders
Aiden Burn, fictional female character in the television series CSI: NY
Aiden Dennison, fictional character in the television series South of Nowhere
Aidan Devane, fictional character played by Aiden Turner in the television series All My Children
Aiden Ford, fictional character in the television series Stargate Atlantis
Aiden Lucas, fictional character in the television series Ghost Whisperer
Aidan Lynch, fictional character in the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Aiden Pearce, protagonist in the video game Watch Dogs
Aidan Shaw, fictional character played by John Corbett in the television series Sex and the City
Aidan Waite, fictional character in the Syfy drama/horror Being Human

References

↑ Redgate, A. E. (2002). "St. Aidan". In Cannon, John Ashton. The Oxford Companion to British History (Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19860-514-0. Retrieved 31 October 2009 – via Encyclopedia.com.
↑ "Aodhán". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
↑ "Aodh". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
↑ "Top names of the 2000s". United States Social Security Database. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
↑ "Canada's Top Baby Names for 2007". BabyCenter.ca. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
↑ Rosenkrantz, Linda; Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). The Baby Name Bible. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2.
↑ Macleod, Iseabail; Freedman, Terry (1995). The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. p. 74. ISBN 1-85326-366-4.

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[1] Redgate, A. E. (2002). "St. Aidan". In Cannon, John Ashton. The Oxford Companion to British History (Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19860-514-0. Retrieved 31 October 2009 – via Encyclopedia.com.

[2] "Aodhán". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 31 October 2009.

[3] "Aodh". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 31 October 2009.

[4] "Top names of the 2000s". United States Social Security Database. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[5] "Canada's Top Baby Names for 2007". BabyCenter.ca. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[6] Rosenkrantz, Linda; Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). The Baby Name Bible. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2.

[7] Macleod, Iseabail; Freedman, Terry (1995). The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. p. 74. ISBN 1-85326-366-4.