Aidan is a distinctive girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #3409 in 2002 with 4 recorded births. This places Aidan in the bottom 37% of ranked UK girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 1999 with 4 births ranking #3225. In 2002, approximately 1 in every 66,842 girls born was named Aidan. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
Aidan is the anglicised form of an old Irish name meaning "little fire". It has a warm, lively feel and strong roots in Gaelic tradition.
The name comes from Aodhan, which was borne by several early Irish saints. It became especially popular in the English-speaking world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.