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Ian

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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”.

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin.

Noun

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Ian

  1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Cebuano

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Etymology

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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

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Ian

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

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ian.

Anagrams

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ani, nia

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Ian, from Scottish Gaelic Eóin.

Noun

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Ian

  1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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

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Ian m

  1. a male given name from English

Tagalog

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Etymology

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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).

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Ian (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌᜈ᜔)

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