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Aidan

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See also: aidan

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aidan

  1. A male given name from Irish.
  2. (rare) A female given name from Irish of modern usage.

Translations

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Anagrams

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Scots

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Proper noun

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Aidan

  1. a male given name from Irish
  2. (rare) a female given name from Irish

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aidan m

  1. a male given name from Old Irish áed (fire)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Aidan
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Aidan unchanged unchanged Haidan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 12