Aidan

♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of English origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginEnglish

Origin and meaning

Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).

Where it is mostly given

  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • United States
  • Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan,etc.

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Mecanautes (France), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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