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Aidian

Boy · AY-dee-un · Irish

Aidian is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Aidian mean?

Irish: variant of Aidan, from Irish Aodhan

“little fire”

Respelling of Aidan; Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne brought Christianity to Northumbria in the 7th century.

Say it
AY-dee-un

Is Aidian a girl's or a boy's name?

Aidian is a boys' name.

How popular is Aidian in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Aidian in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 17 in 20052014
Aidian in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20145#12,102
20130–
20129#8,152
20116#10,801
20106#10,759
200914#6,091
200817#5,244
200711#7,090
200610#7,422
200517#4,819
200415#5,241
200314#5,265
20027#8,449
20015#10,548
20005#10,341
19990–
19980–
19970–
19965#9,008

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