Aiden

Aiden meaning

Aiden is an international and Christian boy's name of Irish origin.

Little fire: Irish Áedán, a diminutive of áed, "fire"

Also used to mean: fiery one

Aiden is a modern spelling of the Irish name Aidan, in Old Irish Áedán. It is a pet form of Áed, an old Irish name that is also the ordinary word for fire: the Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language records áed as fire and, figuratively, as the pupil of the eye. With the diminutive ending -án, the name means "little fire". Its best-known early bearer is Saint Aidan, an Irish monk of Iona who became the first bishop of Lindisfarne and died in 651. The two-syllable sound, AY-dun, is easy in every Indian language, though families should expect both Aiden and Aidan spellings.

Source: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (eDIL), entry 613 · entry 1 áed 'fire' · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: eDIL, 1 áed · Britannica, Saint Aidan

Famous namesakes

• Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), Irish missionary bishop

Popularity abroad

• #62 United States, boys 2025 (down 15 from 47 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #170 England and Wales, boys 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Aiden · Aidan · Ayden · Aidhan

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