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Ian

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Meaning and origin
Ian is a Scottish boy name. The meaning of the name is `gift from God`.


Where is it used?
The name Ian is mainly used in Scottish and in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Johannes (In German, Dutch, Scandinavian and in Late Roman)
John (In English and in the bible)


See also
In Welsh and in English: Evan
In Welsh: Ieuan
In Welsh: Siôn
In Welsh: Ifan
In Welsh: Iefan
In Swedish and in Icelandic: Jon
In Spanish: Juan
In Slovene: Janez
In Serbian: Jovan
In Scottish: Iain
In Russian, Czech, Serbian and in Croatian: Ivan
In Russian: Ioann
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioana
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioan
In Romanian: Ionela
In Romanian: Ionel
In Romanian: Iancu
In Portuguese: João
In Polish: Iwan
In Norwegian and in English: Jonette
In Manx: Ean
In Lithuanian: Jonas
In Latvian: Janis
In Italian: Giovanna
In Irish and in Scottish: Eoin
In Irish: Sean
In Hungarian: János
In Hawaiian: Keoni
In Greek: Ioannes
In Greek: Yannis
In Greek: Ioannis
In Galician: Xoán
In Finnish and in Hungarian: Jani
In Finnish: Juhana
In Finnish: Juha
In Finnish: Joni
In Finnish: Jouni
In Finnish: Hannu
In Finnish: Juhani
In Finnish: Juho
In Finnish: Jussi
In Finnish: Jukka
In Esperanto: Jochjo
In Esperanto: Johano
In English: Hank (M)
In English: Jonie
In English: Johnnie
In English: Johnie
In English: Johnny
In English: Jan
In English: Jonelle
In English: Jack
In Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech and in Polish: Jan
In Dutch, Polish and in Czech: Jana
In Danish: Jens
In Cornish: Jowan
In Catalan: Joan
In Breton and in French: Yann
In the bible (Original): Yehochanan
In Basque and in Romanian: Ion


More `Ian` links
Ian as abbreviation
Actors named Ian
Ian in the encyclopedia




Statistics for Ian

Ian appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 74. The name reached the top-100 18 times. 2003 was a `top year` for the name Ian. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #65. The last time Ian appeared among the most common names was in 1940. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
200774
200681
200568
200469
200365
200267
200170
200073
199972
199873
199770
199670
199567
199474
199370
199268
199172
199070
1980104
1970221
1960510
1950620
1940831
1930---
1920---
1910---
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1890---
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See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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ian mcdonough
my name is pronounced i-n
April
Pronounced i-n?? He's gonna end up being e-n. Poor kid


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