Etymology

Ethan

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן
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  1. Biblical Hebrew · borrowed fromאֵיתָן
  2. English todayEthan

From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.