Ian

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ian"

English

Alternative forms

• Iain

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Eòin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ən/, /ˈaɪ.ən/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -iːən, -aɪən

Proper noun

Ian

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, equivalent to English John.
   • 1975, Robertson Davies, World of Wonders, →ISBN, page 736:

     “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian. If you want to call him Ian Fetch, I shall say no more”.

   • 2011 May 4, Ian Tomlinson, “Unlawfully killed by the law”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 March 2016:

     After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious.

Derived terms

• IDS

Related terms

• Evan
• Ivan
• Jean, Sìne (female Scottish form of "Jane" from "John")
• Jon
• Sean

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: إيان (ʔiyān)
• Belarusian: Ян m (Jan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊恩 (Yī'ēn)

• Finnish: Ian (fi), Juha (fi), Juho (fi)
• Greek: Ίαν (el) (Ían) (transliteration from English)
• Japanese: イアン (Ian)
• Korean: 이언 (Ieon)
• Latvian: (transliteration) Jans m
• Russian: Ян (ru) m (Jan), Иэн m (Ien)
• Spanish: Iván (es) m, Juan (es) m

References

• Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

Anagrams

• nai, AIN, INA, Nia, Ani, Ain, NIA, ani, ain', ANI, Ina, nia, ain

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

Proper noun

Ian

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic
2. a female given name

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ian.

Anagrams

ani, nia

Central Bikol

Etymology

From English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin.

Noun

Ian

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of Ian – see 燕 (“Yan (proper noun)”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 燕).

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin.

Noun

Ian

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Scottish Gaelic Eòinbor.

English Ianubor.

Portuguese Ian

Unadapted borrowing from English Ian. Doublet of João, Ivan, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɐ̃/, /iˈɐ̃/ [ɪˈɐ̃], /ˈjɐ̃/

Proper noun

Ian m

1. a male given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eòin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔian/ [ˈʔiː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: I‧an

Proper noun

Ian (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from English Ian [in turn from Scottish Gaelic Eòin], equivalent to English John