Aidan Forename
16,815th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 55,868 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Ireland
Aidan Forename Definition:
A male name. Celtic, diminutive of Aodh, ‘fire’; the name of a 7th-C Irish monk of Lindisfarne, the apostle of Northumberland, which appears in Old English as Æthan. Revived by the Tractarians in the 19th C.
Aidan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100% | 15,194 | 1:3,474 | 616 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12,162 | 1:382 | 79 |
| England | 100% | 7,479 | 1:7,435 | 661 |
| India | 100% | 4,657 | 1:260,871 | 25,239 |
| United States | 89% | 3,621 | 1:100,121 | 4,450 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,046 | 1:901 | 195 |
| Australia | - | 1,925 | 1:7,095 | 796 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,154 | 1:28,712 | 2,317 |
| New Zealand | - | 923 | 1:4,914 | 688 |
| South Africa | 99% | 728 | 1:74,907 | 6,704 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 634 | 1:280,070 | 10,712 |
| Scotland | 100% | 566 | 1:9,453 | 674 |
| Spain | 100% | 480 | 1:96,937 | 2,839 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 415 | 1:468,332 | 11,134 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Thailand | 100% | 294 | 1:238,319 | 14,711 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 234 | 1:34,839 | 3,437 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Malawi | 83% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Brazil | 100% | 207 | 1:1,034,957 | 26,889 |
| Philippines | 79% | 190 | 1:557,945 | 18,023 |
| Uganda | 85% | 179 | 1:228,810 | 7,442 |
| Kazakhstan | 57% | 153 | 1:115,992 | 3,317 |
| Wales | 100% | 148 | 1:20,907 | 1,141 |
| Zambia | - | 134 | 1:118,319 | 5,167 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 128 | 1:237,890 | 13,041 |
| Georgia | 98% | 111 | 1:33,680 | 1,932 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 99 | 1:170,728 | 6,919 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 96 | 1:160,665 | 10,274 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 95 | 1:2,715,407 | 128,361 |
| Germany | 90% | 66 | 1:1,464,816 | 9,722 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| France | 100% | 40 | 1:1,661,758 | 10,530 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 36 | 1:37,817 | 3,714 |
| Switzerland | 76% | 34 | 1:241,573 | 5,210 |
| Sweden | 97% | 33 | 1:298,724 | 9,079 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 33 | 1:915,209 | 20,285 |
| Russia | 53% | 31 | 1:4,652,700 | 23,240 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Singapore | 100% | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| South Korea | - | 28 | 1:198,015 | 7,592 |
| Hong Kong | - | 26 | 1:298,182 | 3,645 |
| Mexico | 94% | 26 | 1:4,774,786 | 19,556 |
| Denmark | - | 24 | 1:235,396 | 4,909 |
| Guyana | 100% | 24 | 1:31,803 | 3,406 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Belgium | 100% | 20 | 1:574,502 | 8,765 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Afghanistan | 61% | 15 | 1:2,174,901 | 18,600 |
| Azerbaijan | 83% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| Jersey | - | 15 | 1:6,665 | 705 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 54% | 15 | 1:398,218 | 13,816 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 12 | 1:204,896 | 3,859 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Italy | 86% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Ukraine | 83% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Finland | 67% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cameroon | - | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nepal | 100% | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Aïdan (2) & Ãidan (1) are calculated separately.
Aidan (6,176) may also be a surname.
Aidan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Celtic, diminutive of Aodh, ‘fire’; the name of a 7th-C Irish monk of Lindisfarne, the apostle of Northumberland, which appears in Old English as Æthan. Revived by the Tractarians in the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: The helper. (Old French) Helpful. (Celtic) Fire.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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