Boy · Old Irish
Aodhán
Say it: AY-dawn
Meaning
Diminutive of Aodh: 'little fire'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 273 babies given this name since 1990
- At its height in 2004, about 1 in 79,400 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Áedán
| English | Aidan |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
- Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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