Etymology

Aidan

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Today it means: A male given name from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Aodhán ← Scottish Gaelic Aodhan
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromAodhan
  2. Irish · derived fromAodhán
  3. English todayAidan

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).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.