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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 .
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.
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.
There are a few reasons for all this wide variation in Irish spelling, says Ó Séaghdha. One is that “often those names were popular before people knew how to spell. A relatively old name like ...
The Irish spelling is Dearbhla — and not surprisingly, that wasn’t used either. Donnacha — This popular boys’ name in Ireland is pronounced dunn-ah-ka , and means “brown-haired warrior.”
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 .
"Aidan is the Anglicised form of the original Old Irish Aodhán" Aodhán is not Old Irish. It is modern Irish. The Old Irish spelling is Áedán (see, for example, [1] 86.30.186.10 18:49, 25 October 2012 (UTC)Anonymous just to let you know it is spelt Aidan not Aiden!!
The Irish male name is derived from the name Aodhán, which is 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 ). Formerly common only in Ireland and Scotland , the name and its variants have become popular in England, the United States , and Canada .