Gaelic male name
Ian is a Scottish form of John, one of the most common male given names in English-speaking countries.
It gained widespread popularity outside Scotland in the mid-20th century: Ian Fleming created James Bond.
The name appears in various spellings across cultures, including Iain in Scottish Gaelic.
Scottish male name
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Gaelic male name
Ian is a Scottish form of John, one of the most common male given names in English-speaking countries.
It gained widespread popularity outside Scotland in the mid-20th century: Ian Fleming created James Bond.
The name appears in various spellings across cultures, including Iain in Scottish Gaelic.
1. variants — Iain, Scottish male name; John (Common male name); Johann (German masculine name); Jan (Year's first, briefly); Shane · Owen · Hans
2. Scottish — Edinburgh, Scotland's seat of government; Glasgow (Scotland's most populous city); Highlands (Named elevated regions); tartan (Patterned clan fabric); bagpipes · kilt · whisky · loch · clan · thistle · haggis · Burns · Gaelic · Caledonia
3. masculine — male, Sperm-producing sex; boy (Young male person); man (Adult male human); son (Male child relation); brother · father · husband · boyfriend · lad · chap · guy · dude · gent · gentleman
ian malcolm; Ian McKellen; Ian Fleming; Ian Holm; Ian McEwan
First Names: James, John, Mary, Elizabeth, William; Short Names: Ann, Bob, Dan, Eve, Gus; hurricanes: hurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall; Celtic Names: Ciaran, Cormac, Fergus, Siobhan, Sinead
Sean, Juan, Ivan, Giovanni, Evan
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Ian