Aidan

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Contents 1 Historical figures 2 Current figures 3 Sporting figures 4 Fictional figures 5 See also:

Aidan is a Gaelic name, a diminutive of Aodh and usually translated into English as "little fiery one" or similar. Formerly common only in Ireland, the name (together with variants such as Aiden, Aedan or Hayden) has become extremely popular in the United Kingdom and United States of America.

Some sources suggest that the feminine cognate of Aidan is Eithne.

Used on its own, Aidan usually refers to Aidan of Lindisfarne. However, the name may refer to:

[edit] Historical figures

• Áedán mac Gabráin (ruled c. 574-609), King of Dál Riata, sometimes anglicised as Aidan of Dalriada.
• Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (d. 651) a missionary who restored Christianity to Northumbria.
• Saint Aidan of Llawhaden (c.550-626), known, in Ireland, as Maedoc or Mogue, an Irish Saint who studied in Wales before establishing the monastery of Ferns, County Wexford.

[edit] Current figures

• Aidan Banks, a guitarist.
• Aidan Barclay, an English businessman.
• Aidan Browne, a Northern Ireland TV presenter.
• Aidan Chambers, an English author.
• Aidan Delgado, a US anti-war activist.
• Aidan Gillen, an Irish actor, whose real name is Aidan Murphy.
• Aidan Girt, a Canadian drummer.
• Aidan Hartley, an author and journalist.
• Aidan Higgins, an Irish writer.
• Aidan Hughes, an English artist.
• Aidan McArdle, an Irish actor.
• Aidan O'Donnell, an American child actor.
• Aidan Quinn, an Irish-American actor.
• Aiden Shaw, Gay Porn Star.
• Aidan White, a journalist.

[edit] Sporting figures

• Aidan Collins, an English professional footballer.
• Aidan Daly, a New Zealand basketball player.
• Aidan Davison, an English professional footballer.
• Aidan Downes, an Irish footballer.
• Aidan Fogarty, an Irish hurling player.
• Aidan O'Brien, an Irish horse-racing trainer.
• Aidan O'Keefe, an Irish footballer.
• Aiden McGeady, an Irish footballer.

[edit] Fictional figures

• Aidan, a fictional character in the computer game Guild Wars.
• Aidan Bok, a fictional character from the novel Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of a Jedi by John Whitman.
• Aidan Brosnan, a fictional character played by Sean Maguire in the serial drama East Enders.
• Aidan of Gwynedd, a fictional character from the Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz.
• Aidan Haldane, another fictional character from the Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz.
• Aidan Lynch, a fictional character from the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
• Aidan Shaw, a fictional character played by John Corbett in the serial drama Sex and the City.

[edit] See also:

• Aiden, an American rock band.
• Aden, for pages related to the spelling Aden.
• Hayden, for names with the spelling Hayden.