Aidan
Aidan is an English male given name , derived from the Irish or Scottish Aodhán , and means "small fire".
Name bearer
Historic time
- Aidan from Dalriada mac Gabhran (also: Aedan; * around 530; † 606 or 608), from approx. 574 to 606 or 608 king of the Irish-Scottish Empire of Dalriada
- Aidan von Lindisfarne († 651), founder and first bishop of the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Northumbria
- Aidán von Ferns (* before 550; † 627), first bishop of the Diocese of Ferns
- Aeddan ap Blegywryd († 1018), prince of the Welsh Empire of Gwynedd
First name
- Aidan Baker (* 1974), Canadian multi-instrumentalist, experimental musician and author
- Aidan Burley (* 1979), British politician
- Aidan Chambers (* 1934), British writer
- Aidan Devine (* 19 **), British-Canadian actor
- Aidan Dodson (* 1962), British Egyptologist
- Aidan Gillen (born 1968), Irish actor
- Aidan Mitchell (* 1993), American actor with Irish roots
- Aidan Moffat (* 1973), Scottish musician and singer
- Aidan Nichols (* 1948), British clergyman
- Aidan Quinn (born 1959), American actor
- Aidan Turner (born 1983), Irish actor
- Aidan Peter White (born 1991), Irish football player
See also
Web links
- Aidan on en.wiktionary.org (Engl.)