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Aidan.

A male given name from Irish.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈeɪdən//ˈæɪ.dən/Australia
  1. A male given name from Irish.

  2. A female given name from Irish of modern usage.

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Where this word comes from

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).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.