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Aiden
Say it: AY-dun
Meaning
An anglicized form of Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh 'fire'. The spelling Aiden is a modern American form.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Revived in 1990s America, it was among the top ten boys' names around 2010.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 225,222 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 2011, about 1 in 122 boys
- 8,580 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aidan, Aydan, Ayden
| Irish | Aodhán |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish missionary
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.