Adan - Meaning of Adan

What does Adan mean?

[ 2 syll. a-dan, ad-an ] The baby boy name Adan is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as aa-DAE-N †. Adan is used predominantly in the English, Italian, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Hebrew, African-Yoruba, and Celtic. From African-Yoruba roots, its meaning is a large bat.

In addition, Adan is a variant spelling (English, Italian, and Spanish) of the name Adán (Spanish) as well as a variant (English, Italian, and Spanish) of Adam.

Adan is also a variant (English) of the name Aidan (English, Gaelic, Irish, and Scottish).

Adan is also a variant (Spanish) of the name Aodh (Irish and Scottish).

Adamnán (Hebrew), Adian, and Adun are variants of Adan. Other forms of Adan include the variant spellings Aden (English) and Adin (English).

Adan is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1950s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.054% of baby boys being given the name Adan. Its ranking then was #287. In 2011, its usage was 0.045% and its ranking #334. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Adan, Adam was the most commonly used. In 2011, its use outnumbered Adan's by 6 times. In the past century Adan has predominantly been a baby boy name.

Baby names that sound like Adan include Adam, Adamh, Adamnán, Addam, Addnee, Addney, Addni, Addnie, Addny, Addyn, Adem, Adham, Adim, Adin, Adman, Admen, Admin, Admon, Admun, and Admyn.

† Pronunciation for Adan: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"