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 [ syll. ai-den, aid-en ] The boy name Aiden is pronounced EY-DahN KEY. Aiden's origin is Celtic, and its use, English. Aiden is a variant spelling of the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan. Aiden is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the recent height of its usage in 2008, 0.717% of baby boys were given the name Aiden. Its ranking then was #16. Within all boy names in its group, Aiden was the most popular in 2008. Aiden was twice as popular as the next ranked name, the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan, in that year. Baby names that sound like Aiden include the Italian, Spanish, and English Adan, the Spanish Adán, the English Aden, the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan, the English Aydan, the English Ayden, the Gaelic Aedan, the Welsh Aeddan, the English Aidyn, the English Aydin, the English and Albanian Edin, the English and Russian Edmon, the Albanian Edon, the English and German Edwin, the English Edwinn, the English Edwyn, the English and Hebrew Etan, the Albanian Edini, the Albanian Edoni, and the French Etienne. KEY: approx pronunciation for Aiden: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
