Details for the forename Aidan

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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.