Ayden

How to say it

/ˈeɪ.dən/

What it means

A modern respelling of Aiden / Aidan, from the Irish Aodhán, 'little fire' (from Aodh, the fire god).

Ayden is one of the modern American respellings of Aiden, which comes from the Irish Aodhán, 'little fire,' a diminutive of the old fire-god name Aodh. It rode the enormous Aiden / Jayden / Brayden rhyming wave of the 2000s and 2010s, when the -ayden ending was everywhere. Same fire root as the traditional Aidan, just a different look.

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  Ayden, Aiden, and Aidan are the same name; Ayden is a modern respelling of the Irish 'little fire.'

Spelling variants

• Aiden
• Aidan
• Aydan

Names with the same feeling

• Aiden Little fire
• Aidan Little fire
• Jayden Modern coinage
• Kayden Battle, or modern coinage
• Brayden Salmon, or 'broad valley'

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