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Aidan (male)

Variants:Aodán (M) Edan (M)
Pet Name(s):Adie (M)
Derivative of:Aodh (M)
Can be spelt:Aiden (M)
Feminine form:Eithne (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Irish Gaelic, "fire".

ONC gives Aidan as an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Aodán.  This is a diminutive of Aodh which is Anglicized as Hugh or Eugene.
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