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Aidan or Aiden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name Aodhán. [1] Phonetic variants such as Aiden have become more common. The Irish language female equivalent is Aodhnait .
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.
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne. During the "Irish revival", some Irish ...
Throughout history, parents in the United States have turned to Irish names for babies, often trying to "Irish-ize" a name by altering its spelling. One example of that is seen in spelling of the ...
The girl’s name Fiadh (Fee-ah) is perhaps “the biggest Irish name of the 21st century,” says Ó Séaghdha. It was the second most popular girl’s name in Ireland in 2023, after Grace.
Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə n /), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards [ 1 ] and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award , a British Independent Film Award , and a Tony Award .
The name Aidan is a diminutive form of Aed or Aodh, and was also a form of the Latin name Dominus. Máedóc and Mogue are other pet forms of Aed or Aodh, formed from the Irish affectionate prefix mo-and the diminutive suffix -óg, meaning "young", making for something like "my dear little Aodh". [2]
Aidan is a masculine given name. Aidan or Aiden may also refer to: Aidan of Ferns (6th–7th century), Irish bishop and saint; Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), Irish monk and missionary; Dakhil Aidan, Mandaean priest from Iraq; Pamela Aidan, pen name of American fiction writer Pamela Mogen (born 1953) Aidan (singer) (born 1999), Maltese singer ...