Ethan

E1T1H4A1N1
/ˈiːθən/

proper noun

A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.

OriginBiblical Hebrew אֵיתָן →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.

    They would have named him something dignified: Ethan, or Tristram. Something that couldn't easily be shortened.

    2001, Anne Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 88
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    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 4:31

    There have been Ethan Allen mills, Ethan Allen stock companies, Ethan Allen fire companies and Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.

    1889, John Langdon Heaton, The Story of Vermont: p.90

    The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

    2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2025
  2. A town in South Dakota, United States.

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewאֵיתָן
  2. EnglishEthan

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

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Translations

Bengali ইথান
  • ইথান (ithan)male given name
Czech Ejtan
  • Ejtanmale given name
Dutch Ethan
  • Ethanmale given name
French Éthan
  • Éthanmale given name
Hebrew אֵיתָן
  • אֵיתָן (Ētán)male given name
Hindi ईथन
  • ईथन (īthan)male given name
Hungarian Étán
  • Étánmale given name
Italian Ethan
  • Ethanmale given name
Japanese イーサン
  • イーサン (Īsan)male given name
Latvian Ētans
  • Ētansmale given name
Lithuanian Etanas
  • Etanasmale given name
Polish Etan
  • Etanmale given name
Punjabi ਈਥਨ
  • ਈਥਨ (īthan)male given name
Romanian Etan
  • Etanmale given name
Russian Е́фан, Еѳанъ
  • Е́фан (Jéfan)male given name
  • Еѳанъ (Jefan)male given name
Slovak Étán
  • Étánmale given name
Tamil ஈத்தன்
  • ஈத்தன் (īttaṉ)male given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Ethan

Elizabethan
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Anagrams

neaththaneAnethTehanAntheEthnaTheanNathe
Cite this entry
APA

Ethan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ethan

MLA

“Ethan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ethan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ethan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ethan.

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