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'''"Ian"''' (or '''"Iain"''') is the ] version of ]. It is a very common name in much of the ]. In the UK, Ian was the 19th most common male name, taking account of the whole population (over 300,000 Ians in total). However, it has disappeared from the top 100 male baby names. In the United States, however, it is now becoming more popular, currently at number 68 in the baby name charts. Many notable people in many different walks of life have been given it as a first name.
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'''Ian''' or '''Iain''' is a name of ] origin, which is derived from the ] ] {{Script/Hebrew|יוֹחָנָן}} (], ''{{transliteration|he|Yôḥānān}}'') and corresponds to the English name ]. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. This name is a popular name in ], where it originated, as well as in other ] countries.


The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Ian.htm |title=Name: Ian |publisher=Baby Names UK |website=BabyNames.co.uk |access-date=2015-01-01}}</ref> In 1900, Ian ranked as the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/08/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-1900.html |title=Top 200 Most Popular Names in England and Wales in 1900 |publisher=British Baby Names |date=21 August 2012 |access-date=2015-01-01}}</ref> {{as of|2019}}, the name has been in the top 100 in the ] every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi|title=Popular Baby Names|publisher=Social Security Administration|access-date=2020-04-24|archive-date=2018-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202070118/https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Notable Ians==
===As a first name (alphabetical by family name)===
*] - head of rock band ]
*] - recipient of the ]
*] - Cricketer
*] - Singer in ] and music producer
*] - Singer/lyricist in ]
*] - OBE, actor
*] - Crowd Pleaser
*] - Cartoon writer and voice actor
*] - singer and lyricist in ]
*] - singer and songwriter
*] - disambiguation (four)
*] - Tennis Player
*] - novelist, creator of ]
*] - writer and humorist
*] - ] League champion
*] - disambiguation page (three)
*] - Lead singer of the hard rock band ].
*] - British guitarist and singer
*] - Actor
*] - Ornithologist
*] - satirist and editor of ]
*] - Actor
*] - Historian
*] - entertainer
*] - Actor
*] - recipient of the ]
*] - Entrepreneur
*] - Author
*] - Politician
*] - Politician
*] - Musician
*] - Television Writer and Producer
*] - weatherman
*]
*]
*]
*] - A ] actor
*] - novelist
*] - recipient of the ]
*] - Actor
*] - Actor
*] - Irish professional ]
*] - Protestant politician
*] - BBC correspondent
*] - Scottish novelist
*] - Musician and racecar driver
*] - disambiguation page (four)
*] - Scottish actor
*] - Welsh international footballer
*] - disambiguation (four)
*] - Actor
*] - British Musician
*] - disambiguation page (several)
*] - Journalist for ] newspaper
*] - Welsh golfer
*] - Footballer


Other Gaelic forms of the name "John" include "]" ("Johnny" from ]), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "]" (from ]). The ] equivalent is ], the ] counterpart is Yowan and the ] equivalent is ].
===As a family name===
*] - singer and songwriter


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==Notable Iains==
*] - MBE, English rugby player
*] - Scottish writer
*] - ] politician
*] - British politician
*] - Scottish rugby player
*] - Scottish politician
*] - Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001-2003
*] - film director


==Notable people named Ian==
==Fictional characters==

*] - from the TV series ]
===Given name===
*] - from the TV series ]
*] (born 1970), American mathematician
*Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman (together with dozens of other Ians) - characters created by ]. The duo used 'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News.
*], multiple people
*Ian Maxtone-Graham - from the TV series ]
*] - from the TV soap opera ] *] (born 1947), lead of rock band ]
*] (born 1962), singer of rock band ]
*] (1953–2023), Scottish guitarist of ] and ]
*] (born 1960), Australian golfer and 1991 British Open winner
*] (1928–1999), British actor
*] (1918–1944), Canadian-British recipient of the Victoria Cross
*], American aerospace engineer
*] (born 1982), English cricketer
*], multiple people
*], multiple people
*Sir ] (born 1953), British former head of the Metropolitan Police Service
*], American video game designer and academic
*] (born 1976), American actor
*] (born 1953), English footballer
*] (born 1998), American football player
*Sir ] (born 1955), English cricketer
*Ian Brady (Ian Duncan Stewart, 1938–2017), convicted for the ] in England in the 1960s
*] (born 1969), political scientist, author, entrepreneur
*] (born 1958), English singer in ], and music producer
*] (born 1963), singer and lyricist in ]
*] (born 1996), American football player
*] (born 1942), Liverpool footballer with the most appearances
*] (born 1954), British design director for Jaguar
*], multiple people
*] (1920–2010), English actor
*] (1930–2011), American volcanologist
*] (born 1990), American YouTube personality
*] (born 1993), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
*Ian Brackenbury Channell, birth name of ] (born 1932), educator, comedian, magician, and politician
*] (born 1943), Australian cricketer
*] (1949–1990), Scottish/British actor
*], multiple people
*] (born 1956), Canadian boxer
*] (born 1989), American hockey player
*] (1943–2008), singer and actor
*], New Zealand cricketer
*], Scottish actor and writer
*], multiple people
*] (born 1962), cartoon writer and voice actor, creator of Being Ian
*] (born 1982), swimmer
*] (1935-2021), English television writer
*] (1956–1980), singer and lyricist in ]
*] (1903–1989), British filmmaker
*], American YouTuber
*], multiple people
*], multiple people
*] (born 1985), American Major League Baseball shortstop
*] (1957–1993), English vocalist and frontman of British neo-Nazi band ]
*] (1943–1998), Scottish gay and paedophile rights activist
*] (born 1960), New Zealand rugby union player
*] (1942–2000), British singer and songwriter
*] (born 1969), American sports announcer
*] (born 1978), British swimmer
*], American singer-songwriter
*] (1959–2023), American author and illustrator
*], multiple people
*] (born 1982), Welsh tennis player
*] (1908–1964), British novelist, creator of James Bond
*] (born 1982), American comic book writer
*] (born 1950), British racing driver
*] (born 1951), American writer and humorist
*] (born 1937), South African-born Israeli tennis player and tennis patron
*] (1953–2016), Cook Islands artist
*] (1952–2019), English keyboardist, member of The Kinks
*], multiple people
*] (born 1945), English lead singer of hard rock band ]
*] (1916–1943), English Royal Air Force flying ace and one of the Few
*] (born 1978), American football player
*] (born 1947), British guitarist and singer
*] (born 1987), Director of Machine Learning in the Special Projects Group at Apple computer
*] (1937–1990), British Member of Parliament assassinated by IRA terrorists
*] (born 1962), Canadian actor, musician, activist
*] (born 1955), English cricketer, brother of Tony Greig
*] (1938–2002), British politician
*] (born 1999), American gymnastics creator
*] (1940–2022), Guyanese-born British musician and composer
*] (born 1974), British actor
*], multiple people
*], Canadian voice actor
*], Canadian journalist and news anchor
*] (born 1986), American actor
*] (born 1964), English actor
*] (born 1964 as Jan-Håkan Haugland), Norwegian-born Swedish drummer for the band ]
*] (born 1964), Australian wicket-keeper
*] (born 1987), American comedian with ]
*] (born 1985), current Norwich City F.C. player in the FA Premier League
*] (born 1953), Australian news presenter
*] (1927–2013), former head of secret police in Bahrain, accused of torture
*] (born 1983), Scottish rugby hooker who plays in Australia
*] (born 1967), Irish soccer player
*], multiple people
*] (born 1951), bassist for metal band ]
*] (born 1960), British satirist and editor of ''Private Eye''
*] (born 1997), freestyle swimmer
*Sir ] (1931–2020), British actor
*]
*] (born 1965), English runner
*]
*] (born 1997), Hong Kong freestyle swimmer
*] (1944–2002), painter
*] (1900–1975), English actor
*] (born 1939), English singer of ]
*] (1915–1991), English screenwriter best known as the front for the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo and who later found himself blacklisted
*] (born 1974), double murderer
*] (born 1957), English academic, gynaecological oncologist, gynaecologist/obstetrician
*], Australian kickboxer and 3-time World Kickboxing Champion
*] (born 1963), Olympic athlete
*] (born 1984), animator
*] (born 1985), American soccer player
*] (born 1972), American actor
*] (born 1984), American stand-up comedian and writer\
*] (1899–1960), American actor
*] (born 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher
*] (born 1943), English historian
*] (1945–2015), singer/bass player in ]
*] (born 1982), Israeli-American Major League Baseball All Star second baseman
*] (born 1994), American YouTuber and livestreamer
*], American operatic tenor
*] (born 1947), Scottish entertainer
*] (born 1974), Canadian-American hockey player
*] (1946–2024), English actor
*] (born 1938), Australian footballer
*] (born 1966), British Conservative MP for Blyth Valley since 2019
*Ian ] (born 1950), American author
*] (1919–1945), recipient of the Victoria Cross
*] (born 1949), author
*], British television director
*] (born 1960), politician
*] (1925–2007), politician
*] (1948–2003), author
*] (1939–2019)
*] (born 1962), musician
*] (born 1986), basketball player
*] (1868–1944), Member of Parliament (1910–1919)
*], multiple people
*] (1989–2021), Brazilian diver
*] (born 1971), drummer for ]
*] (born 1959), television writer and producer
*] (born 1961), former gangster from Glasgow
*] (1938–2016), weather forecaster
*] (born 1939), actor
*] (born 1959), British singer in the band ]
*] (born 1971), snooker player
*] (born 1944), Scottish actor
*] (1946–2022), British musician, best known for being a member of both ] and ]
*] (born 1948), English novelist and screenwriter
*] (1953–1982), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
*Sir ] (born 1939), English actor
*] (1945–2014), English musician, best known for being a member of both ] and ]
*] (born 1931), Scottish footballer
*] (born 1956)
*] (born 1942), actor
*] (1920–1999), English creator of ''Just a Minute''
*] (born 1952), Australian footballer
*] (born 1979), Australian cricketer
*] (born 1972), American hockey player
*] (born 1946), Welsh cricketer
*] (1957–2010), New Zealand musician
*] (born 1960), British historian
*] (born 1961), Trinidadian athlete
*] (born 1987), Irish professional footballer
*] (1913–1950), Australian journalist
*] (1914–1997), senior officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
*] (born 1930), former National Hockey League referee and vice president
*] (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
*Sir ] (1912–2006), British accountant and politician
*] (born 1970), English cricketer
*] (born 1953), drummer for ]
*] (born 1955), Australian musician, ]
*] (1973–2015), computer professional, creator of the Debian project
*] (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster
*] (born 1947), swimmer
*] (born 1948), drummer of ]
*] (1926–2014), Protestant politician
*], multiple people
*] (born 1974), English badminton player
*] (born 1957), English cricketer
*] (born 1973), German DJ
*] (born 1976), English professional golfer
*] (born 1960), American radio broadcaster and priest
*] (born 1960), Scottish novelist
*] (1927–2020), Australian discus thrower
*], multiple people
*], multiple people
*] (1934–2007), Scottish actor
*] (born 1973), Guyanese-American educator and former Olympic athlete
*], multiple people
*], multiple people
*] (born 1961), Welsh international footballer
*] (born 1961), cricketer for Edinburgh, Scotland
*] (born 1991), Filipino professional basketball player
*] (born 1947), former South African F1 driver. Brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter.
*], multiple people
*] (born 1969)
*], multiple people
*] (1919–2007), Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1964–1979
*] (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
*] (born 1978), actor
*] (born 1957), British musician
*] (born 1987), English cyclist
*] (1925–2002), British judge
*], multiple people
*], English comedian
*] (born 1968), American musician
*], (born 1945), American paleoanthropologist
*], multiple people
*], multiple people
*] (born 1972), Canadian musician
*] (born 1982), Australian swimmer
*] (born 1979), British guitarist
*] (born 1964), Canadian actor
*] (1933–2022), Canadian singer-songwriter
*], Belgian artist
*] (born 1975), Filipino actor, athlete, pilot, and singer
*], American sound engineer
*] (born 1970), British sailor
*], multiple people
*] (born 1977), American discus thrower
*] (born 1977), former lead singer of the alternative metal band Lostprophets, and convicted pedophile
*] (born 1976), British pop singer and actor, former member of Steps
*] (born 1932), English watercolor artist
*] (born 1986), English footballer
*] (born 1951), Australian politician
*Sir ] (1944–2023), English embryologist, best known for cloning Dolly the sheep
*], multiple people
*] (1942–2023), British-American visual effects artist
*] (1896–1992), American actor
*], multiple people
*] (born 1958), Welsh golfer
*] (born 1963), English footballer
*Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, birth name of American musician ] (born 1969)
*] (born 1964), American actor

===Surname===
*] (born 1951), singer and songwriter
*], stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld (born 1963), guitarist with the metal band ]

==Notable people named Iain==
*] (1933–1997), English actor
*] (born 1975), contemporary English painter
*], Northern Irish Singer-songwriter musician
*] (born 2008), American child actor
*] (born 1971), Canadian soccer defender
*] (born 1964), British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player
*] (born 1979), English rugby player
*] (born 1980), English composer
*] (1954–2013), Scottish writer
*] (born 1955), legal philosopher, writer, professor and practising legal consultant
*] (born 1967), British Columbia politician
*], Irish social historian of technics and the commons
*] (born 1962), English architectural historian and urban commentator
*] (born 1973), Canadian rower
*] (born 1967), former Scottish football referee in the Scottish Premier League
*] (born 1979), English cricketer
*] (born 1979), English film producer
*], English composer, producer and performer
*], British scholar
*], Australian scientist
*] (born 1985), Scottish footballer
*] (born 1965), British slalom canoer
*], Australian scientist
*] (born 1977), Scottish comedian and actor
*] (born 1961), British businessman and consultant in the railway industry
*], British scientist
*] (born 1962), British broadcaster, author and political commentator
*] (born 1984), Scottish professional footballer
*] (born 1987), Scottish actor
*] (born 1971), British film director
*] (1941–2014), Scottish biophysicist and academic
*] (born 1965), Northern Irish football manager
*] (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey forward
*] (born 1970), English professional footballer
*] (born 1966), Scottish footballer
*] (1898–1934), Scottish poet and piper
*] (born 1981), South African field hockey player
*] (born 1973), Scottish rugby union player
*] (born 1949), Scottish footballer
*] (born 1935), Australian author
*] (1951–1990), British alpine skier
*] (born 1961), Scottish actor, noted for his role in TV's ''Game of Thrones''
*] (born 1957), Leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament
*], multiple people
*] (born 1976), Zimbabwean hurdler
*] (born 1992), professional rugby player for Ulster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions
*] (born 1949), Zimbabwean farmer and politician
*] (born 1973), British comedian, TV presenter and radio presenter
*] (born 1959), British diplomat
*] (1913–1970), British politician
*] (1938–2006), Scottish photographer, noted for his image of the Beatles walking across Abbey Road
*] (born 1946), formerly known as Ian Matthews, English musician, singer-songwriter, member of Fairport Convention
* Iain David McGeachy (1948–2009), birth name of ], British singer-songwriter and guitarist
*] (born 1953), psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar
*] (born 1959), Scottish politician
*] (born 1962), Scottish rugby union player
*] (born 1983), English rugby league player
*], Scottish musician
*] (born 1976), New Zealand cricketer
*] (born 1957), Scottish rugby player
*] (born 1981), Scottish actor
*] (born 1960), Scottish politician
*] (born 1954), Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–2003
*] (born 1958), film director
*] (born 1988), Scottish TV presenter and comedian
*], multiple people
* Iain Sutherland (1948–2019), Scottish musician, member of ]
*] (born 1969), Canadian badminton player
*] (born 1949), President of Princeton Theological Seminary and former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

==Fictional people named Ian==

* Ian – the supporting character from '']'' animated series
* Ian – from ]' short story "Ian"; every male character the protagonist meets is called Ian
* Ian – from ]'s play '']''
* Ian – from '']''
* Ian – the protagonist in the manga ''Not Simple'' by ]
*] – from the TV soap opera '']''
*] – from the TV series '']''
* Ian Craig – from the radio soap opera '']''
* Ian the Deer – Elliot's arch-rival in the '']'' movies
* Ian Doyle – an Irish terrorist featured on '']''
*] – FBI agent and sniper from the show '']''
*Ian Foot – from the British TV series ]
*] – one of the main characters in the television drama '']'' and its ]
* Ian Grimm – creative director of fictional video game in the television series '']''
* Ian Hainsworth – ]'s boyfriend in 3rd season of '']''
* Ian Hawke – the main antagonist in the '']'' movies
* Ian Howe – an antagonist in '']''
* Ian Kabra – antagonist of the book series '']''
* Ian Kelley – title character from the Canadian animated series '']'', created by ], voiced by ]
* Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman (together with dozens of other Ians) – characters created by ]; the duo used 'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News
* Ian Lightfoot – ]’s character from the film ]
*] – from Michael Crichton's novel '']''
*] – a recurring character in the ] and ] series '']''
* Ian Maxtone-Graham – from the TV series '']''
* Professor Ian McClaine – adoptive father of '']''
* Ian McKenzie – the liberal attorney from the novel and the film '']''
* Ian McKinley – from the movie '']''
* Ian Miller – from the movie '']''
* Ian Murray – the nephew of Jamie Fraser in ]'s ]
* Ian Nottingham – a character from ] comic and ]
* Ian O'Shea – from Stephenie Meyer's novel '']''
* Ian Papov – character and member of the Demolition Boys (also known as the Blitzkrieg Boys) from the anime series '']'' (2000)
* Ian Randall – from the ], episodes "Dichotic" and "Asylum", a character who had the ability to duplicate himself
* Ian Raymond – Laura's boyfriend in the novel and film '']''
* Ian Rider – from the '']'' books
*] – unseen husband of ] in '']''
* Ian Scuffling – Tyrone Slothrup's adopted name after he goes into hiding in ]'s '']''
*] – from the ABC soap opera '']''
* Ian Thomas – Ryan Merriman's character in the TV series '']''
*] – from the film '']''

==Fictional people named Iain==
* Iain Sterling, a fictional character in the '']'' universe
*], a fictional character in the '']'' universe


==See also== ==See also==
*], a common masculine given name in the English language of originally Semitic origin
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Latest revision as of 02:45, 12 December 2024

This article is about a given name. For other uses, see Ian (disambiguation).
Ian
Pronunciation/ˈiːən/ EE-ən
Scottish Gaelic: [ˈiaɲ]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameScottish Gaelic, from Hebrew Yohanan
Other names
Related namesJohn, Evan, Eoin, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Sean, Shane, Siôn, Yann, Yahya, Yohannes

Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yohanan, Yôḥānān) and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename Iain. This name is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as in other English-speaking countries.

The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian ranked as the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. As of 2019, the name has been in the top 100 in the United States every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003.

Other Gaelic forms of the name "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin" (from Irish). The Welsh equivalent is Ioan, the Cornish counterpart is Yowan and the Breton equivalent is Yann.

Notable people named Ian

Given name

Surname

  • Janis Ian (born 1951), singer and songwriter
  • Scott Ian, stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld (born 1963), guitarist with the metal band Anthrax

Notable people named Iain

Fictional people named Ian

Fictional people named Iain

See also

References

  1. "Dictionary Detail – Iain". www.faclair.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. "Name: Ian". BabyNames.co.uk. Baby Names UK. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. "Top 200 Most Popular Names in England and Wales in 1900". British Baby Names. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  4. "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Administration. Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
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