Ian, Iain(; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈɪʲən]) is a name of
Scottish Gaelic origin, corresponding to English/Hebrew John. It is a very
popular name in much of the English-speaking world and especially in
Scotland, where it originated. Ian was the 19th most popular male name, taking
account of the whole British population. The name has now fallen out of the top
100 male baby names in the UK, having peaked in popularity as one of the top
10 names throughout the 1960s, while remaining roughly constant in popularity
in the USA. Back in 1900, Ian was the 180th most popular male baby name in
England and Wales. The original Irish Gaelic and Scottish
Gaelic form of the name is Seán. Ian is a variant spelling of the Scoticisations
Eathain, Eóin, and Iain. Other Gaelic forms of "John" include
"Seonaidh", "Seon", "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin". Its Welsh counterpart
is Ioan and Breton equivalent is Yann. Notable Ians
= As a first name = Ian Anderson – lead of rock band Jethro
Tull Ian Astbury – singer of rock band The
Cult Ian Bairnson – guitarist of The Alan
Parsons Project and Pilot Ian Baker-Finch – golfer and 1991
British Open winner Ian Bannen – British actor
Ian Willoughby Bazalgette – recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ian Bell – English cricketer Ian Berry
Sir Ian Blair – former Head of the Metropolitan Police Service
Ian Black Sir Ian Botham – cricketer
Ian Bolton – English footballer Ian Brady – Moors murderer
Ian Bremmer – political scientist, author, entrepreneur
Ian Broudie – singer in The Lightning Seeds, and music producer
Ian Brown – singer and lyricist in The Stone Roses
Ian Callaghan – Liverpool footballer with the most appearances
Ian Callum – Design director for Jaguar Ian Cameron
Ian Carmichael – OBE, actor Ian Cashmore – broadcaster/presenter and
paranormal investigator Ian Chappell – Former Australian
cricketer Ian Charleson – Scottish/British actor
Ian Clark Ian Clyde – boxer
Ian Collier – singer and actor Ian Cooper
Ian James Corlett – cartoon writer and voice actor
Ian Crocker – swimmer Ian Curtis – singer and lyricist in Joy
Division Ian Davis
Ian Davidson Ian Desmond – Major League Baseball
shortstop Ian Dury – singer and songwriter
Ian Eagle – American sports announcer Ian Edmond – swimmer
Ian Ferguson Ian Flanagan – tennis player
Ian Fleming – Novelist, creator of James Bond
Ian Froman – South African-born Israeli tennis player and tennis patron
Ian Frazier – writer and humorist Ian Greig - Former English cricketer and
brother of Tony Greig Ian Gibson
Ian Gillan – lead singer of hard rock band Deep Purple
Ian Gold – former American football player
Ian Gomm – British guitarist and singer Ian Grist – British politician
Ian Hallard - actor Ian Hamilton
Ian Harding – actor Ian Hart – actor
Ian Haugland – Drummer for the band Europe
Ian Healy – Former Australian Wicket-Keeper
Ian Hecox – comedian with Smosh Ian Henderson – former head of secret
police in Bahrain, accused of torture Ian Henderson – Australian news
presenter Ian Henderson – current Norwich City
F.C. player in the FA Premier League Ian Henderson – Scottish rugby hooker
who plays in Australia Ian Hicks
Ian Hill – Bassist for metal band Judas Priest
Ian Hislop – Satirist and editor of Private Eye
Ian Holm – British actor Ian Hornak – painter
Ian Hunter – singer of Mott the Hoople Ian Huntley – double murderer
Ian Jacobs - Australian kickboxer and former 3 time World Kickboxing Champion
Ian Jacobs - English academic, gynaecological oncologist,
gynaecologist/obstetrician Ian James – Olympic athlete
Ian Joyce – American soccer player Ian Kennedy – Major League Baseball
pitcher Ian Kershaw – historian
Ian Kinsler – Major League Baseball second baseman
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister – singer/bass player in Motörhead
Ian Krankie – entertainer Ian Lambert – educator
Ian Laperrière – hockey player Ian Lavender – actor
Ian Law – Australian footballer Ian Oswald Liddell – recipient of the
Victoria Cross Ian Livingstone – author
Ian Lorimer – television director Ian Lucas – politician
Ian MacArthur – politician Ian MacDonald - author
Ian MacKaye – musician Ian Mahinmi – basketball player
Ian Martin Ian Matthews – member of Fairport
Convention and notable solo musician, reverted in 1989 to Iain Matthews
Ian Matthews – drummer for Kasabian Ian Maxtone-Graham – television writer
and producer Ian McCaskill – weather forecaster
Ian McConville – webcomic artist of Mac Hall and Three Panel Soul
Ian McCulloch – actor Ian McCulloch – singer in the band Echo
& the Bunnymen Ian McCulloch – snooker player
Ian McDiarmid – actor Ian McDonald – British musician, best
known for being a member of both King Crimson and Foreigner
Ian McEwan – novelist Ian John McKay – recipient of the
Victoria Cross Sir Ian McKellen – actor
Ian McLagan – English musician, best known for being a member of both Small
Faces and Faces Ian McMillan – poet
Ian McMillan – Scottish footballer Ian McShane – actor
Ian Messiter – creator of Just a Minute Ian Moran – hockey player
Ian Morris – Irish professional footballer
Ian Morrison Ian Morton - English cricketer
Ian Mosley – drummer for Marillion Ian Murdock – computer professional,
creator of the Debian project Ian O'Brien – swimmer
Ian O'Reilly, Irish actor Ian Paice – drummer of Deep Purple
Ian Paisley – Protestant politician Ian Patterson – English footballer
Ian Peck – English cricketer Ian Pooley – German DJ
Ian Poulter – English professional golfer
Ian Punnett - American radio broadcaster and priest
Ian Rankin – Scottish novelist Ian Reed – Australian discus thrower
Ian Reid Ian Richards – British race walker
Ian Richardson – Scottish actor Ian Robinson
Ian Ross Ian Rush – Welsh international
footballer Ian Sanders - cricketer for Edinburgh,
Scotland Ian Sangalang - Filipino professional
basketball player Ian Scheckter – former South African F1
driver. He is brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter.
Ian Scott Ian Smith
Ian Smith – ex Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Snell – Major League Baseball
pitcher Ian Somerhalder – actor
Ian Stanley – British musician Ian Stewart
Ian Stone – comedian Ian Stuart Donaldson – vocalist and
frontman of controversial British band Skrewdriver
Ian Svenonius – American musician Ian Thornley – Canadian musician
Ian Thorpe – Australian swimmer Ian Thomson
Ian "Sam" Totman – British guitarist Ian Van Dahl – Belgian artist
Ian Walker – British sailor Ian Waltz – American discus thrower
Ian Watkins, former lead singer of the alternative metal band Lostprophets, and
convicted pedophile. Ian H Watkins, British pop singer and
actor, former member of Steps Ian Weatherhead – English watercolor
artist Ian West
Ian Wilmut – English embryologist, best known for cloning Dolly the sheep
Ian Wilson Ian Wood
Ian Woosnam – Welsh golfer Ian Wright – footballer
Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa – Birth name of musician Dweezil Zappa
Ian Ziering – actor = As a middle name =
Michael Ian Black –, American comedian Thomas Ian Nicholas – Actor and singer
= As a surname = Janis Ian – singer and songwriter
Scott Ian – stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld, guitarist with the metal band
Anthrax Notable Iains
Iain Archer – Northern Irish Singer-songwriter musician
Iain Balshaw – MBE, English rugby player Iain Banks – Scottish writer
Iain Black – British Columbia politician Iain De Caestecker – Scottish actor
Iain Dowie – Northern Irish football manager
Iain Durrant – Scottish footballer Iain Evans – South African field hockey
player Iain Glen – Scottish actor, noted for
his role in TV's Game of Thrones Iain Gray – Leader of Labour in the
Scottish Parliament Iain Harnden – Zimbabwean hurdler
Iain Lee – British comedian, TV presenter and radio presenter
Iain Macleod – British politician Iain Macmillan – Scottish photographer,
noted for his image of the Beatles walking across Abbey Road
Iain David McGeachy – John Martyn, British singer-songwriter and guitarist
Iain Paxton – Scottish rugby player Iain Smith – Scottish politician
Iain Duncan Smith – Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–2003
Iain Softley – film director Iain Stirling – TV presenter and
comedian Iain Stewart
Iain Sydie – Canadian badminton player The Very Revd Iain Torrance – President
of Princeton Theological Seminary and former Moderator of the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland Fictional Iains
Iain Sterling, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner universe
Fictional Ians Ian – from Shane Jiraiya Cummings' short
story, "Ian". Every male character who the protagonist meets is called Ian
Ian – from Sarah Kane's play, Blasted Ian – from Leprechaun 2
Ian Beale – from the TV soap opera EastEnders
Ian Chesterton – from the TV series Doctor Who
Ian Craig – from the radio soap opera The Archers
Ian the Deer – Elliot's arch-rival in the Open Season movies
Ian Doyle – an Irish terrorist featured on Criminal Minds
Ian Edgerton – FBI agent and sniper from the show Numb3rs
Ian Gallagher – one of the main characters in the television drama,
Shameless Ian Hainsworth - Susan Delfino's
boyfriend in 3rd season of Desperate Housewives
Ian Hawke – the main antagonist in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
Ian Howe – an antagonist in National Treasure
Ian Kabra – antagonist of The 39 Clues book series
Ian Kelley – from the TV series Being Ian
Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman – characters created by Lee and Herring; the duo used
'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News
Ian Malcolm – from Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park
Ian – a recurring character in the manga and anime series MÄR
Ian Maxtone-Graham – from the TV series Suddenly Susan
Professor Ian McClaine – adoptive father of Joe 90
Ian McKenzie – the liberal attorney from the novel and the film A Dry White
Season Ian McKinley – from the movie Final
Destination 3 Ian Miller – from the movie My Big Fat
Greek Wedding Ian Murray- The Nephew of Jamie Fraser
in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series Ian O'Shea – from Stephenie Meyer's
novel, The Host Ian Randall – from the 'Dichotic'
episode of Smallville, a character who had the ability to duplicate himself
Ian Raymond – Laura's boyfriend in the novel and film, High Fidelity
Ian Rider – From the Alex Rider books Ian Schulenburg – Unseen husband of
Harriet Schulenburg in Green Wing Ian Scuffling – Tyrone Slothrup's
adopted name after he goes into hiding in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow
Ian Slater – from the ABC soap opera All My Children
Ian Thomas - Ryan Merriman's character in the TV series Pretty Little Liars.
References ^ "Name: Ian". BabyNames.co.uk. Baby
Names UK. Retrieved 2015-01-01. ^ "Top 200 Most Popular Names in England
and Wales in 1900". British Baby Names. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
See also John
Eoin Ioan
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