Around the world, Aidan (Aidan 
, Айдан 
, 艾丹 
, and others...) is a common principally masculine, but very seldom female first name. The given name Aidan is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common masculine name, Tanzania, and Malta. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Tanzania, India, and the United States. Much less frequently, Aidan is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Aidan | Tanzania, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, India |
| Айдан | Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan |
| 艾丹 | China |
| איידן | Israel |
Aidan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Aidan Waite , character in Being Human; Aidan Foster , the soap opera character, Neighbours; Aidan Devane , the soap opera character, All My Children and Aidan Brosnan , the Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
| aidan King of Dál Riata, GB (b. 501) |
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aidan Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint, GB (b. 590) |
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aidan mcqueen Scottish association football player (1882-1965), GB (b. 1850) |
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| aidan devereux Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1801) |
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aidan de brune journalist, author, pedestrian (1874-1946), GB (b. 1874) |
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aidan higgins Irish novelist, IE (b. 1927) |
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aidan chambers British children's writer, GB (b. 1934) |
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| aidan chavasse (1891-1917) (b. 1891) |
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aidan nichols British theologian and Dominican priest, GB (b. 1948) |
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| aidan cooney Irish broadcaster (b. 1901) |
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| aidan sammons author (20th century) (b. 1901) |
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| aidan savage British artist (b. 1901) |
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| aidan browne Northern Irish actor, GB (b. 1901) |
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| aidan roark polo player (1905-1984) (b. 1905) |
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| aidan frederic wigram (born 1907) (b. 1907) |
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