Ian
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Ian
Gender Male (rarely Female: some similar names can be)
Origin
Word/name Hebrew (via Scottish Gaelic)
Meaning gift of god, god's gift
Other names
Related names John (masculine version of Jane: Hebrew for Siobhan), Ivan, Evian, Iana, Seonaidh
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"Ian", "Iain"(/?i?.?n/; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [????n]) is a name of Gaelic origin, corresponding to English/Hebrew John. It is a very popular name in much of the English-speaking world and especially in Scotland, where it originated. Ian was the 19th most popular male name, taking account of the whole British population (over 300,000 Ians in total).[citation needed]
The name has now fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the UK, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s,[1] while remaining roughly constant in popularity in the USA. Back in 1900, Ian was the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales.[2]
The original form of the name 'Eóin' originated in the Irish language. Ian is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic version of the name, 'Iain'.
Popularity of the name 'Ian' in the USA
Year Rank
2013 80
2012 78
2011 72
2010 72
2009 72
2008 80
2007 74
2006 80
2005 67
2004 69
2003 65
2002 67
2001 70
2000 73
Note: Rank 1 is the most popular,
rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.
Name data are from Social Security card applications
for births that occurred in the United States.
Source: Social Security Administration.
See http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames
Other Gaelic forms of "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin" (from Irish). Its Welsh counterpart is Ioan and Breton equivalent is Yann.
Contents [hide]
1 Notable Ians
1.1 As a first name (alphabetical by family name)
1.2 As a middle name
1.3 As a surname
2 Notable Iains
3 Fictional Iains
4 Fictional Ians
5 References
6 See also
Notable Ians[edit]
As a first name (alphabetical by family name)[edit]
Ian Anderson – lead of rock band Jethro Tull
Ian Astbury – singer of rock band The Cult
Ian Bairnson – guitarist of The Alan Parsons Project and Pilot
Ian Baker-Finch – golfer and 1991 British Open winner
Ian Bannen – British actor
Ian Willoughby Bazalgette – recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ian Bell – English cricketer
Ian Berry (disambiguation)
Sir Ian Blair – former Head of the Metropolitan Police Service
Ian Black (disambiguation)
Sir Ian Botham – cricketer
Ian Bolton – English footballer
Ian Brady – Moors murderer
Ian Bremmer – political scientist, author, entrepreneur
Ian Broudie – singer in The Lightning Seeds, and music producer
Ian Brown – singer and lyricist in The Stone Roses
Ian Callaghan – Liverpool footballer with the most appearances
Ian Callum – Design director for Jaguar
Ian Carmichael – OBE, actor
Ian Cashmore – broadcaster/presenter and paranormal investigator
Ian Chappell – Former Australian cricketer
Ian Charleson – Scottish/British actor
Ian Clark (disambiguation)
Ian Clyde – boxer
Ian Collier – singer and actor
Ian Cooper (disambiguation)
Ian James Corlett – cartoon writer and voice actor
Ian Crocker – swimmer
Ian Curtis – singer and lyricist in Joy Division
Ian Davis (disambiguation)
Ian Desmond – Major League Baseball shortstop
Ian Dury – singer and songwriter
Ian Eagle – American sports announcer
Ian Edmond – swimmer
Ian Ferguson (disambiguation)
Ian Flanagan – tennis player
Ian Fleming – Novelist, creator of James Bond
Ian Froman – South African-born Israeli tennis player and tennis patron
Ian Frazier – writer and humorist
Ian Gibson (disambiguation)
Ian Gillan – lead singer of hard rock band Deep Purple
Ian Gold – former American football player
Ian Gomm – British guitarist and singer
Ian Grist – British politician
Ian Hallard - actor
Ian Hamilton (disambiguation)
Ian Harding – actor
Ian Hart – actor
Ian Haugland – Drummer for the band Europe
Ian Healy – Former Australian Wicket-Keeper
Ian Hecox – comedian with Smosh
Ian Henderson (Britain) – former head of secret police in Bahrain, accused of torture
Ian Henderson (ABC) – Australian news presenter
Ian Henderson (football) – current Norwich City F.C. player in the FA Premier League
Ian Henderson (rugby league) – Scottish rugby hooker who plays in Australia
Ian Hicks (disambiguation)
Ian Hill – Bassist for metal band Judas Priest
Ian Hislop – Satirist and editor of Private Eye
Ian Holm (born 1931) – British actor
Ian Hornak – painter
Ian Hunter – singer of Mott the Hoople
Ian Huntley – double murderer
Ian James – Olympic athlete
Ian Joyce – American soccer player
Ian Kennedy – Major League Baseball pitcher
Ian Kershaw – historian
Ian Kinsler – Major League Baseball second baseman
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister – singer/bass player in Motörhead
Ian Krankie – entertainer
Ian Lambert – educator
Ian Laperrière – hockey player
Ian Lavender – actor
Ian Law – Australian footballer
Ian Oswald Liddell – recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ian Livingstone – author
Ian Lorimer – television director
Ian Lucas – politician
Ian MacArthur – politician
Ian MacDonald - author
Ian MacKaye – musician
Ian Mahinmi – basketball player
Ian Martin (disambiguation)
Ian Matthews – member of Fairport Convention and notable solo musician, reverted in 1989 to Iain Matthews
Ian Matthews – drummer for Kasabian
Ian Maxtone-Graham – television writer and producer
Ian McCaskill – weather forecaster
Ian McConville – webcomic artist of Mac Hall and Three Panel Soul
Ian McCulloch – actor
Ian McCulloch – singer in the band Echo & the Bunnymen
Ian McCulloch – snooker player
Ian McDiarmid – actor
Ian McDonald – British musician, best known for being a member of both King Crimson and Foreigner
Ian McEwan – novelist
Ian John McKay – recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sir Ian McKellen (born 1939) – actor
Ian McLagan – English musician, best known for being a member of both Small Faces and Faces
Ian McMillan – poet
Ian McMillan – Scottish footballer
Ian McShane – actor
Ian Messiter – creator of Just a Minute
Ian Moran – hockey player
Ian Morris – Irish professional footballer
Ian Morrison (disambiguation)
Ian Morton - English cricketer
Ian Mosley – drummer for Marillion
Ian Murdock – computer professional, creator of the Debian project
Ian O'Brien – swimmer
Ian O'Reilly, Irish actor
Ian Paice – drummer of Deep Purple
Ian Paisley – Protestant politician
Ian Patterson – English footballer
Ian Peck – English cricketer
Ian Pooley – German DJ
Ian Poulter – English professional golfer
Ian Punnett - American radio broadcaster and priest
Ian Rankin – Scottish novelist
Ian Reed – Australian discus thrower
Ian Reid (disambiguation)
Ian Richards – British race walker
Ian Richardson – Scottish actor
Ian Robinson (disambiguation)
Ian Ross (disambiguation)
Ian Rush – Welsh international footballer
Ian Sanders - cricketer for Edinburgh, Scotland
Ian Sangalang - Filipino professional basketball player
Ian Scheckter – former South African F1 driver. He is brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter.
Ian Scott (disambiguation)
Ian Smith (disambiguation)
Ian Smith – ex Rhodesian Prime Minister
Ian Snell – Major League Baseball pitcher
Ian Somerhalder – actor
Ian Stanley – British musician
Ian Stewart (disambiguation)
Ian Stone – comedian
Ian Stuart Donaldson – vocalist and frontman of controversial British band Skrewdriver
Ian Svenonius – American musician
Ian Thornley – Canadian musician
Ian Thorpe – Australian swimmer
Ian Thomson (disambiguation)
Ian "Sam" Totman – British guitarist
Ian Van Dahl – Belgian artist
Ian Walker – British sailor
Ian Waltz – American discus thrower
Ian Watkins (born 1977), former lead singer of the alternative metal band Lostprophets, and convicted pedophile.
Ian H Watkins (born 1976), British pop singer and actor, former member of Steps
Ian Weatherhead – English watercolor artist
Ian West (disambiguation)
Ian Wilmut – English embryologist, best known for cloning Dolly the sheep
Ian Wilson (disambiguation)
Ian Wood (disambiguation)
Ian Woosnam – Welsh golfer
Ian Wright – footballer
Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa – Birth name of musician Dweezil Zappa
Ian Ziering – actor
As a middle name[edit]
Michael Ian Black – (often credited by his full name), American comedian
Thomas Ian Nicholas – Actor and singer
As a surname[edit]
Janis Ian – singer and songwriter
Scott Ian – stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld, guitarist with the metal band Anthrax
Notable Iains[edit]
Iain Archer – Northern Irish Singer-songwriter musician
Iain Balshaw – MBE, English rugby player
Iain Banks – Scottish writer
Iain Black – British Columbia politician
Iain De Caestecker – Scottish actor
Iain Dowie – Northern Irish football manager
Iain Durrant – Scottish footballer
Iain Evans – South African field hockey player
Iain Glen – Scottish actor, noted for his role in TV's Game of Thrones
Iain Gray – Leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament
Iain Harnden – Zimbabwean hurdler
Iain Lee – British comedian, TV presenter and radio presenter
Iain Macleod – British politician
Iain Macmillan – Scottish photographer, noted for his image of the Beatles walking across Abbey Road
Iain David McGeachy – John Martyn, British singer-songwriter and guitarist
Iain Paxton – Scottish rugby player
Iain Smith – Scottish politician
Iain Duncan Smith – Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–2003
Iain Softley – film director
Iain Stirling – TV presenter and comedian
Iain Stewart (disambiguation)
Iain Sydie – Canadian badminton player
The Very Revd Iain Torrance – President of Princeton Theological Seminary and former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Fictional Iains[edit]
Iain Sterling, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner universe
Fictional Ians[edit]
Ian Hawke – the main antagonist in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
Ian the Deer – Elliot's arch-rival in the Open Season movies
Ian Beale – from the TV soap opera EastEnders
Ian Chesterton – from the TV series Doctor Who
Ian Slater – from the ABC soap opera All My Children
Ian Craig – from the radio soap opera The Archers
Ian Edgerton – FBI agent and sniper from the show Numb3rs
Ian Gallagher – one of the main characters in the television drama, Shameless
Ian Hainsworth - Susan Delfino's boyfriend in 3rd season of Desperate Housewives
Ian Howe – an antagonist in National Treasure
Ian Kabra – antagonist of The 39 Clues book series
Ian Kelley – from the TV series Being Ian
Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman (together with dozens of other Ians) – characters created by Lee and Herring; the duo used 'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News
Ian – from Leprechaun 2
Ian Malcolm – from Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park
Ian (MÄR) – a recurring character in the manga and anime series MÄR
Ian Maxtone-Graham – from the TV series Suddenly Susan
Professor Ian McClaine – adoptive father of Joe 90
Ian McKenzie – the liberal attorney from the novel and the film A Dry White Season
Ian McKinley – from the movie Final Destination 3
Ian Miller – from the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ian Murray- The Nephew of Jamie Fraser in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series
Ian O'Shea – from Stephenie Meyer's novel, The Host
Ian Randall – from the 'Dichotic' episode of Smallville, a character who had the ability to duplicate himself
Ian Raymond – Laura's boyfriend in the novel and film, High Fidelity
Ian Schulenburg – Unseen husband of Harriet Schulenburg in Green Wing
Ian Rider – From the Alex Rider books
Ian Scuffling – Tyrone Slothrup's adopted name after he goes into hiding in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow
Ian Thomas - Ryan Merriman's character in the TV series Pretty Little Liars.
Ian – from Shane Jiraiya Cummings' short story, "Ian". Every male character who the protagonist meets is called Ian
Ian – from Sarah Kane's play, Blasted
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Name: Ian". BabyNames.co.uk. Baby Names UK. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
Jump up ^ "Top 200 Most Popular Names in England and Wales in 1900". British Baby Names. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
See also[edit]
John (given name)
Eoin
Ioan (disambiguation)
IANS (disambiguation)
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