Aydan () is a

Guanche Guanche may refer to: *Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands *Guanche language, an extinct language, spoken by the Guanches until the 16th or 17th century *''Conus guanche ''Conus guanche'' is a species of sea snail, a marine ga ...

and Irish male name or Turkish and Azerbaijani feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

and surname. The Irish male name is derived from the name ''Aodhán'', which is a

pet form A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for Isabel or '' Bob'' for Robert, or it ...

of '' Aodh''. The personal name ''Aodh'' means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed). Formerly common only in

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and

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, the name and its variants have become popular in England, the

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, and

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. ''Aidan'' has been the 57th most popular name in the United States since the start of the year 2000, bestowed on over 62,000 boys, while ''Aiden'' ranking 66th, has been used on over 51,000 boys. Other variants are a bit less popular, such as ''Hayden'' 88th, ''Ayden'' 189th, ''Aden'' 333rd, ''Aydan'' 808th, and ''Aydin'' 960th, according to the United States Social Security Database. "Aidan/Aiden" was the most popular boys' name in Canada in 2007. The Guanche male name can be roughly translated as "he who lives underwater". The Turkish and Azerbaijani feminine

literally means "from the moon" ("ay": moon, and -dan is a suffix meaning "from"). Figuratively, it means made of the moon or the one that comes from the moon. Aydan is also a Turkish geographical name, notable the modern town in Anatolia (Asian Turkey), near the Ancient Roman city and bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see of Attanus

Given name

Aydan Calafiore Aydan Calafiore, also known as simply AYDAN, is an Australian singer best recognized for being one of the four finalists in the seventh season of ''The Voice Australia'' in 2018 and for his role as main cast member in Network Ten's 2012 reboot ...

(born 2000), Australian singer * Aydan Hojjatova (born 1999), Azerbaijani chess player *

Aydan Özoğuz Aydan Özoğuz (; ; born 31 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and as its Vice-president of the German Bundestag from 2021 to 2025. In addition to her parlia ...

(born 1967), German politician of Turkish descent * Aidan Salahova (born 1964), Azerbaijani artist * Aydan Siyavuş (1947–1998), Turkish basketball coach * Aydan Şener (born 1963), Turkish film and television actress * Aydan White, American football player

Surname

Ayhan Aydan Ayhan Aydan (1924 – 19 February 2009) was a Turkish opera singer. Biography She was born in 1924 in Ankara. In 1944, she graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Opera Department. She appeared in some small operas. Carl Ebert noticed her, and ...

(1924–2009), Turkish opera singer *

Efe Aydan Ahmet Efe Aydan (born May 4, 1955 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He is regarded by many as the best Turkish basketball player ever, with a total of 224 caps with the senior Turkish national team. He was Tur ...

(born 1955), Turkish former professional basketball player

References

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