Aedan
Aedan is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Little fire.
What Aedan means
Little fire.
Aedan sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Aedan comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Aedan is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Aedan?
Aedan is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Aedan is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Aedan
Aedan sits in our Fire group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Fire
Names like Aedan
These share Aedan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aodh — Fire.
- Fintan — White fire.
- Phoenix — Deep red; the immortal reborn bird.
- Blaise — Firebrand.
- Ignacio — Fiery, ardent.
- Ignatius — Fiery.
- Kenneth — Handsome; born of fire.
- Tejas — Brilliance; radiance.
- Uri — My light; flame.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.
- Emberly — Glowing ember; spark.
- Phuong — Phoenix.