Ian

Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈiː.ən/ (English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Iain, itself from Latin Iohannes (see John) [1] . It became popular in the United Kingdom outside of Scotland in the first half of the 20th century, but did not begin catching on in America until the 1960s.

Related Names

RootsYahweh + ḥanan
VariantsEòin, Iain (Scottish Gaelic)
Other Languages & CulturesJannie (Afrikaans) Gjon (Albanian) Yohannes (Amharic) Yahia, Yahya, Yuhanna (Arabic) Hovhannes, Ohannes (Armenian) Xuan (Asturian) Ion, Jon, Ganix, Iban, Juantxo (Basque) Ivan, Yan (Belarusian) Jehohanan, Johanan, John (Biblical) Ioannes (Biblical Greek) Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew) Iohannes (Biblical Latin) Yann, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick, Yannig (Breton) Ioan, Ivan, Yoan (Bulgarian) Joan, Jan (Catalan) Jowan (Cornish) Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanni (Corsican) Ivan, Janko (Croatian) Ivan, Jan, Hanuš, Honza, Janek (Czech) Ivan, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon, Hans, Jannick, Jannik, John (Danish) Jan, Johan, Johannes, Han, Hanne, Hannes, Hans, Jantje, Jo, Joes, John, Joop (Dutch) Johano, Joĉjo (Esperanto) Ivan, Jaan, Johannes, Juhan, Ants, Hannes, Jaanus, Janek (Estonian) Jóannes, Jógvan, Jóhannes, Jón (Faroese) Jone (Fijian) Jani, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani, Hannes, Hannu, Janne, Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi (Finnish) Jean, Yann, Yoan, Yoann, Yohan, Yohann, Yvan, Jeannot, Yan, Yanick, Yanis, Yannick (French) Xan, Xoán (Galician) Ivane, Joni, Ioane, Vano (Georgian) Jan, Jens, Johann, Johannes, Hannes, Hans, Hänsel, Jannis, Jo (German) Giannis, Ioannis, Yannis, Yiannis, Gianis, Jannis, Yanis, Yanni, Yianni (Greek) Yahaya (Hausa) Keoni (Hawaiian) Yochanan (Hebrew) Iván, János, Jancsi, Jani (Hungarian) Jens, Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón, Hannes (Icelandic) Yahya, Yohanes (Indonesian) Eoin, Seán, Sean, Shane (Irish) Giovanni, Ivan, Ivano, Gian, Gianni, Giannino, Giò, Giovannino, Vanni (Italian) Yo-han (Korean) Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman) Ivans, Jānis, Žanis (Latvian) Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish) Jonas (Lithuanian) Ivan, Jovan (Macedonian) Yahya (Malay) Ġwann (Maltese) Ean, Juan (Manx) Hann, Jan, Jon, Hankin, Jankin (Medieval English) Jehan (Medieval French) Zuan (Medieval Italian) Hone (Māori) Ivan, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon, Hans, Jo, John, Jone (Norwegian) Joan (Occitan) Yahya (Persian) Jin (Picard) Iwan, Jan, Janek, Janusz (Polish) Ivan, João, Joãozinho (Portuguese) Geovane, Ruan (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Yahya (Quranic) Ioan, Ion, Ivan (Romanian) Ioann, Ivan (Russian) Juhán (Sami) Sione (Samoan) Giuanne, Juanne (Sardinian) Ivan, Jovan, Janko (Serbian) Ivan, Ján, Janko (Slovak) Ivan, Jan, Janez, Žan, Anže, Anžej, Janko (Slovene) Jan (Sorbian) Iván, Juan, Ibán, Juancho, Juanito (Spanish) Jhon, Jhonny (Spanish (Latin American)) Yohana (Swahili) Ivan, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon, Hannes, Hans, Janne, John, Jöns (Swedish) Sione (Tongan) Yahya (Turkish) Ivan (Ukrainian) Djan, Djhan, Djihan (Walloon) Evan, Ieuan, Ioan, Siôn, Iefan, Ifan, Iwan (Welsh)
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People think this name is

classic wholesome strong refined simple serious
  1. Mark, Colin. The Gaelic-English Dictionary. Routledge, 2003, page 715.

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