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Aidan; Pronunciation / ˈ eɪ d ən / Gender: Male: Language(s) English: Origin; Language(s) Gaelic: Meaning: born of fire/the fiery one/little fiery one/bringer of fire: Region of origin
The name Aidin (Adin) is a variation of Aidan, which is derived from the Irish male given name Aodhán, a pet form of Aodh. The personal name Aodh means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed). [2] Other Celtic variants include the Scottish Gaelic given name Aodhàn and the Welsh name Aeddan.
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
Aodh (/ iː, eɪ / ee, ay, Irish: [iː, eː], Scottish Gaelic:; Old Irish: Áed) is a masculine Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name, which was traditionally anglicized as Hugh. [1] The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology .
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
"Aidan/Aiden" was the most popular boys' name in Canada in 2007. The Guanche male name can be roughly translated as "he who lives underwater". The Turkish and Azerbaijani feminine given name literally means "from the moon" ("ay": moon, and -dan is a suffix meaning "from"). Figuratively, it means made of the moon or the one that comes from the moon.
A first name may be modified by an adjective to distinguish its bearer from other people with the same name. Mór ("big") and Óg ("young") are used to distinguish parent and child, like "senior" and "junior" are used in English, but are placed between the given name and the surname, e.g. Seán Óg Ó Súilleabháin corresponds to "John O'Sullivan Jr." (anglicised surnames often omit O ...
A fair number of Gaelic names were borrowed into English or Scots at different periods (e.g. Kenneth, Duncan, Donald, Malcolm, Calum, Lachlan, Alasdair, Iain, Eilidh), although it can sometimes be difficult to tell if the donor language was Irish or Scottish Gaelic (e.g. Deirdre, Rory, Kennedy, Bridget/Bride, Aiden).