Ian

原We named our second son Ian after not agreeing on any names. My husband wanted a traditional Italian name, none of which felt right after our son was born. We chose a variation of my husbands nickname from his grandmother for our son's middle name, satisfying tradition (Dominic was called Nicky, turned into Nicholas for our son).So my husband loved the name Gideon, which again did not feel right, looking at my newborn son. Exhausted and giving up the fight hours after delivering our son, I said Gideon would be called Ian. My husband wrote out the name Ian Nicholas, and we both knew that was the name for our child. He is an Ian, classic, strong and beautiful. Problem with the name: people mispronounce it - most annoying is EE-ON, like Eon, like a term stating a long period of time. Our last name is often mispronounced as well, so pick your battles, right?Favorite nicknames, specifically fitting to our son: Roughian; also has initials IND, we often call him Indi (later realizing he is extremely independent).At 6 years old, we have yet to meet another Ian.

原My youngest son has the name "Ian" I really like it & didn't hear it really until my Ian & now I know of a few.

原Ian Fraser Kilmister better known as Lemmy from Motorhead was an amazing bearer of the name until he died.

原In my family it is quite common. My dad is Ian, I am Ian Jr and at our yearly family Coutts reunion which will be the 90th year in 2017 there have been at least 7 Ian Coutts' at the same table. Coutts being a Scottish name that we can trace back to the 1600's.

原The meaning of Ian is gift of god or god's gift.

原I like it a lot, but it's kind of too common...(Lots of handsome guys are named Ian, that I've met).

原In Marvel Comics, this is the name of both the maternal grandfather and adopted son of Steve Rogers (aka Captain America).

原I think this name is an exceptional example of the beauty of simpler/shorter names. Ian, although it is a variation of a pre-existing name, holds so much of its own luster to me, including characteristics of strength, beauty and power. It's a very charismatic name!

原Even though I imagine an old person with this name, I think the name Ian is very handsome, respectable, strong, classy masculine name! :)

原Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor.

原Ian is a character in The Princess and the Frog.

原I named my son Ian and loved it when I said it in my head. But now I've discovered that it is very easily misunderstood. Ee-in can sound like Aaand (with a long a sound) from across the room. I kept hearing my kids say Ian, when they weren't really saying his name at all. I found it very confusing and got aggravated hearing it all the time. So now I call him by his middle name Carter. Also, I think Ian is easily misunderstood because of its lack of a hard consonant in the middle of the name. Names like Ethan, have the th in the middle and you can hear better.

原Putting down another variant of a name is utterly childish. "Iain" is the true spelling? Not if your name is Ian it isn't. This is like saying that all forms of John, including John itself, Johann, Johannes, Giovanni, Juan, Jean, Sean, Eoin -- and Iain! -- are bastardizations of the original Hebrew Yochanan -- which, historically, they are. Lighten up. There's always room for more than one version of a name.

原Ian Falconer (1959-) is the author of the Olivia children's books.

原Two fictional bearers:1) Ian from the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful". Evil character.2) Ian from Gordon Korman's "Island" trilogy. A nerd, but that's not a bad thing and he saves the group on at least 1 occasion in the series.

原I love this name. It is one of my favourite names for a boy.I love it because of the character Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park. He is my favourite character from the Jurassic Park movies.

原Ian Thorpe, nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

原My name is IAIN the true spelling of IAN. The name Ian is an embarrassment for any proud Scot who bears it as it almost immediately shows a lack of knowledge of Scottish Names. Many Ians become Iains when they become aware. Like many truly Scottish names they have been bastardised bad English misspellings and this is evident in names which are used for both forename and surname in Calum and Alison. One l is the correct forename and two ls are the surname however English produced name plates and other souvenirs spell IAIN as IAN and CALUM as CALLUM this makes me particularly annoyed as my son is the correctly named CALUM.

原A famous bearer is folk singer Ian Tyson.

原Ian means precisely nothing and is a bastardized and corrupted version of the Scots Gaelic name Iain which translates directly as John. Incidentally, the owners of this site might like to know that Scotland is not and never has been a part of England! SAOR ALBA!

原The I can be pronounced as Ee or Eye. I have met an EE-n and an Eye-n.

原Big Brother 14 winner Ian Terry.

原Ian Harding is an American actor.

原Corey Haim's middle name is Ian, it's cute.

原Ian Anthony Dale is an American actor.

原I like this version better than John, because it's slightly less common. My dad's name is Jonathan, he often shortens it to Jon, and even though he's a great guy I prefer the form Ian. It's short, yet has two syllables, which means if my future husband has a one syllable surname it won't matter (I have a one syllable name that does NOT flow at all with my short surname, and I can't stand it).

原Ian is a common suffix in Armenian surnames.

原This name is a bit simple and boring.

原I love the name Ian. I'm not really sure how they got Ian out of John. But either way, while it remains one of my favorite names, I doubt I would use it because I feel like it's becoming far too popular in the USA.

原Ian Somerhalder is the brilliantly talented actor who plays Damon Salvatore each week on "Vampire Diaries," and believe me, he does a most excellent job of playing that character!

原Ian Axel, a singer/pianist who plays ukelele, bears this name.

原A very cool name. Unfortunately, it's becoming a tad too popular in the U.S.

原Ian Stanley was the keyboardist for the popular '80s band, Tears for Fears. He also co-wrote several of the songs.

原This name is simple, but not too simple, and has a nice ring to it.

原Ian Laperriere is a French-Canadian hockey player in the NHL.

原Love this name. It's my little brother's so I might be a bit biased but it's not overused like so many other names.

原I personally love this name. It's simple, short and good-sounding.

原Ian McCulloch, the singer of Echo & the Bunnymen is another famous bearer.

原Same name as Ian Brady and Ian Huntley, who were both child murderers.

原There is also Ian Hunter, famous for writing "Cleveland Rocks" (no, Drew Carey DID NOT write it!)

原Ian is the name of one of the character's in Stephenie Meyer's new book, The Host.

原The name Ian always confused me when I was younger. I always pronounced it eye-an. But now I know it's pronounced E(long e)-an.

原Ian Crawford, guitarist for The Cab, is a not-so-famous bearer of this name.

原This is my name and I love it! I've yet to meet another Ian before. It has a nice ring to it and is way better than the worn-out name John.It can also be spelled Ein, Ean, or Iann. Can also be pronounced I-an instead of EE-an.

原I like names that end in -ian (Adrian, Caspian, Damian, Octavian, etc.), but I hate Ian all by itself.

原This is my favorite name for a boy! It's strong and has a nice ring to it. I've only met one Ian my whole life, which is nice, considering I've met sooooo many Johns.

原I dislike this name. It sounds too Anglo-phile, too fey and prissy. Sounds like a name for a poindexter with glasses.

原Ian Chesterton, a companion of the First Doctor on "Doctor Who".

原The very handsome John Corbett plays the character Ian Miller in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

原Take former England cricketer Ian "Beefy" Botham.

原Ian Fleming is the author of the James Bond series of books that the movies are based on.

原Also a boys name in Slovenia, probably a variant on the much more popular Jan. (J is pronounced like Y)

原Ian McEwan - author of 'Enduring Love, ' 'Atonement' etc. Very talented.

原A famous bearer: One of the most influential artists Ian Brown, 20 February 1963, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.

原Ian Hecox is from Smosh. Hehe, I love this name.

原My best friend Stephanie loves this name. For a girl. She likes to be called this instead of her real name (Roxana Stephanie). Personally, I don't like it on a girl.

原Yes, I'm a girl and Ian is my middle name, I honestly feel it's a unsex name but that's my humble opinion. I love my middle and first name and nothing could make me feel otherwise, even if guys do have it! haha.

原I thought for a long time that Ian was pronounced JAN, and I didn't like it. Now I know the real pronunciation, but I still don't like it.

原I like Ian, it's not as widely used as John and it's at least as nice. It's more unique and has more character.

原When I was little I thought the name 'Ian' was spelled 'En' for some strange reason.

原Two famous bearers are Ian McKellen and Ian Holm, both in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Ian McKellen plays Gandalf and Ian Holm plays Bilbo.

原Cute name! Love it!

原I'm a little biased here but I can add some insight - I legally had my name changed to Ian from "Ivan" to avoid confusion with my dad who had the same name.Best thing about the name is that I don't get any "Ivan the terrible comments" anymore. Still, my wife and I won't be naming our son after me. I don't want the confusion between jr and sr.

原I heard a story of a boy with this name in a school in New York, where some of the other students thought he had a girl's name (Ann) because that name can be pronounced "Ian" in a really thick New York accent.

原Ian is a great name for a boy, it sounds handsome and strong and isn't a fad name which is nice.

原Ian Anderson: The singer/flutist of Jethro Tull.

原Ian is the ending of an imperfect er and ir Spanish word in the third person plural form.

原Scott Ian is the rhythm guitarist of a band called Anthrax and I honestly know a kid named after him. Ian is one of the most adorable kids I've ever met.

原Actor Ian Ziering (Steve on Beverly Hills 90210) bears this name.

原The actor Ian Somerhalder bears this name.

原Famous bearer: Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division.

原A famous bearer of this name is Ian Brown, the lead singer of the Stone Roses.

原Some famous Ians include Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and Ian McKellan, who played Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings."

原The vocalist from The Lost Prophets bears the name Ian and he is from south Wales!

原I know that it's been over four years, but I have to correct the bubblybabe's information. Ian is not the English form of John. As the page states, it is the Scottish form. The English form of John is John. While John and Jane can be interchanged according to gender, it is more proper to sat that Jane is the feminine of John rather than John being the masculine form of Jane. Finally, Jane is not the Hebrew form of Siobhan. Yes, Ian and Siobhan are related, but not like that.

原Ian is an English version of John, which is the masculine version of Jane, which is Hebrew for Siobhan - my name. So my dad and I have linked names! I like the name Ian, because it cannot really be shortened!

原Ian can also be short for names ending in -ian (like Damian or Elian).