Dictionary

Ian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈiː.ən/
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈaɪ.ən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Eòin.

Meanings

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, equivalent to English John.
   • After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious. 2011 May 4, Ian Tomlinson, “Unlawfully killed by the law”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2016:
   • “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian. If you want to call him Ian Fetch, I shall say no more”. 1975, Robertson Davies, World of Wonders, →ISBN, page 736:

Forms

Deriveds

Ianson · IDS

Relateds

Evan · Sean · Sìne · Ivan · Jean · Jon

Translations (14)

ru Иэн (male given name) · el Ίαν (male given name) · ja イアン (male given name) · cmn 伊恩 (male given name) · fi Juho (male given name) · ru Ян (male given name) · be Ян (male given name) · ko 이언 (male given name) · es Iván (male given name) · fi Ian (male given name) · fi Juha (male given name) · lv Jans (male given name) · es Juan (male given name) · ar إيان (male given name)