Aydan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning small fire; a variant of Aidan.
Aydan by the numbers
In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Aydan. In the US, 178 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 454 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Aidan
Like Aydan, each of these traces back to Aidan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aydan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Adanman; variant of Adam745 in the US (2017)
- Ayaangift; blessing; grace from God443 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayangift or blessing255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aydinintelligent; enlightened; bright83 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Aydan
Names that are said the same way as Aydan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean fire
Like Aydan, each of these has fire in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
- Reeseardent or fiery; a form of Rhys2,106 in the US (2017)
- Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
- Tysonone who was fiery; surname used as given name1,045 in the US (2017)
- Blazeflame, fire289 in the US (2017)
- Keagansmall fire; a form of Keegan287 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aydan
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