Aidan is a Gaelic name, a diminutive of Aodh and usually translated into English as "the little fiery one" or similar. Formerly common only in Ireland, the name (together with variants) has become extremely popular in the United Kingdom and United States of America. Aidan is currently the 54th most popular name in the United States since the start of the year 2000, bestowed on over 54,000 boys. Other variants are less popular, with Aiden the 75th most popular, Hayden the 89th, Ayden the 215th, Aden the 352nd, Adan the 355th, Aydan the 866th and Aydin the 1000th, according to the United States Social Security Database. Aidan (or any reasonable variant) as a girl's name does not appear in the top 1000 names for girls from the same database.

Some sources suggest that the feminine cognate of Aidan is Eithne. Look up cognate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... ...

Used on its own, Aidan usually refers to Aidan of Lindisfarne. However, the name may refer to: Augustine was the Apostle of Kent, but Aidan was the Apostle of the English. ...

Historical figures

• Áedán mac Gabráin (ruled c. 574-609), King of Dál Riata, sometimes anglicised as Aidan of Dalriada.
• Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (d. 651) a missionary who restored Christianity to Northumbria.
• Saint Aidan of Llawhaden (c.550-626), known, in Ireland, as Maedoc or Mogue, an Irish Saint who studied in Wales before establishing the monastery of Ferns, County Wexford.

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Current figures

• Aidan Banks, a guitarist.
• Aidan Barclay, an English businessman.
• Aidan Browne, a Northern Ireland TV presenter.
• Aidan Chambers, an English author.
• Aidan Delgado, a US anti-war activist.
• Aidan Gillen, an Irish actor, whose real name is Aidan Murphy.
• Aidan Girt, a Canadian drummer.
• Aidan Hartley, an author and journalist.
• Aidan Higgins, an Irish writer.
• Aidan Hughes, an English artist.
• Aidan McArdle, an Irish actor.
• Aidan Mitchell, an Irish-American actor.
• Aidan O'Donnell, an American child actor.
• Aidan Quinn, an Irish-American actor.
• Aidan White, a journalist.

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Sporting figures

• Aidan Collins, an English professional footballer.
• Aidan Chudleigh, an Australian syncronised swimmer
• Aidan Daly, a New Zealand basketball player.
• Aidan Davison, an English professional footballer.
• Aidan Fogarty, an Irish hurling player.
• Aiden McGeady, an Irish footballer.
• Aidan O'Brien, an Irish horse-racing trainer.
• Aidan O'Keefe, an Irish footballer.

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Fictional figures

• Aidan, a fictional character in the computer game Guild Wars.
• Aidan Bok, a fictional character from the novel Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of a Jedi by John Whitman.
• Aidan Brosnan, a fictional character played by Sean Maguire in the serial drama East Enders.
• Aiden Burn, a fictional female character played by Vanessa Ferlito in the serial drama CSI:NY.
• Aidan of Gwynedd, a fictional character from the Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz.
• Aidan Haldane, another fictional character from the Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz.
• Aidan Lynch, a fictional character from the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
• Aidan Shaw, a fictional character played by John Corbett in the serial drama Sex and the City.

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See also

• Aiden, an American rock band.
• Aden, for pages related to the spelling Aden.
• Hayden, for names with the spelling Hayden.
• Aidan rhyming trend, for information about names that rhyme with Aidan.