Ian

• Iain

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Eòin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ən/, /ˈaɪ.ən/

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• Rhymes: -iːən, -aɪən

Ian

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, equivalent to English John.
   • 1975, Robertson Davies, World of Wonders, →ISBN, page 736:

     “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”.

   • 2011 May 4, Ian Tomlinson, “Unlawfully killed by the law”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 March 2016:

     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.

• IDS

• Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

• nai, AIN, INA, Nia, Ani, Ain, NIA, ani, ain', ANI, Ina, nia, ain

From English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

Ian

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic
2. a female given name

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ian.

ani, nia

From English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin.

Ian

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Borrowed from English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin.

Ian

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Unadapted borrowing from English Ian. Doublet of João, Ivan, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane.

Ian m

1. a male given name from English

Borrowed from English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔian/ [ˈʔiː.ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: I‧an

Ian (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from English Ian [in turn from Scottish Gaelic Eòin], equivalent to English John