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Ian

[ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn]

"Ian" or "Iain" ([ˈiːʲən]) is the Scottish Gaelic version of John. It is a very common name in much of the English-speaking world. In the United Kingdom, Ian was the 19th most common male name, taking account of the whole population (over 300,000 Ians in total). Although it disappeared from the top 100 male baby names in the UK, it is now becoming more popular in the USA, currently at number 68 in the baby name charts.

In Scottish Gaelic, this is the common form of the name "John", and is often spelt with two "i"s. In the Bible, "Eoin" is used. Other Gaelic forms of "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin" (from Irish). In Greek 'Yanis' or 'Ianis' or 'Ioannis' is a particularly common name.

Many Armenian surnames end in -ian, as "ian" (or "yan") means "son of" in Armenian.

Notable Ians

As a first name (alphabetical by family name)

Ian Anderson - head of rock band Jethro Tull
Ian Astbury - singer of rock band The Cult
Ian Baker-Finch - Golfer and 1991 British Open winner
Ian Bannen - British actor
Ian Willoughby Bazalgette - recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sir Ian Blair - Head of the Metropolitan Police Service
Sir Ian Botham - Cricketer
Ian Broudie - Singer in The Lightning Seeds and music producer
Ian Brown - Singer/lyricist in The Stone Roses
Ian Callum - Design director for Jaguar
Ian Carmichael - OBE, actor
Ian Cashmore - Broadcaster/presenter and paranormal investigator
Ian Chappell - Cricketer
Ian Clark - Professor
Ian Clyde - Boxer
Ian Collier - Singer/Actor
Ian Cooper - Footballer
Ian James Corlett - Cartoon writer and voice actor
Ian Crocker - Swimmer
Ian Curtis - singer and lyricist in Joy Division
Ian Davis - writer
Ian Dury - singer and songwriter
Ian Eagle - American sports announcer
Ian Ferguson (disambiguation)
Ian Flanagan - Tennis Player
Ian Fleming - novelist, creator of James Bond
Ian Frazier - writer and humorist
Ian Gibson (disambiguation)
Ian Gillan - Lead singer of the hard rock band Deep Purple.
Ian Gomm - British guitarist and singer
Ian Hart - Actor
Ian Hecox - from youtube's "Smosh"
Ian Henderson (Britain) - former head of secret police in Bahrain, accused of torture
Ian Henderson (ABC) - Australian news presenter
Ian Henderson (football) - current Norwich City F.C. player in the FA Premier League
Ian Henderson (rugby league) - Scottish Rugby Hooker who plays in Australia
Ian Hicks - Chicago DJ and electronic musician
Ian Hislop - satirist and editor of Private Eye
Ian Holm - Actor
Ian Hornak - Painter
Ian Hunter - Singer Mott the Hoople
Ian Huntley - Murderer
Ian Jobling - a race realist
Ian Kennedy - Major League Baseball pitcher
Ian Kershaw - Historian
Ian Kinsler - Major League Baseball second baseman for the Texas Rangers
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - Singer/Bass player in Motörhead
Ian Krankie - entertainer
Ian Laperriere - Hockey Player
Ian Lavender - Actor
Ian Oswald Liddell - recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ian Lawrence - Lawyer
Ian Livingstone - Author
Ian Lucas - Politician
Ian MacArthur - Politician
Ian MacKaye - Musician
Ian Mahinmi - Basketball Player
Ian Martin - Human rights activist
Ian Matthews - Member of Fairport Convention and notable solo musician. Has changed his name to Iain Matthews.
Ian Maxtone-Graham - Television Writer and Producer
Ian McCaskill - weatherman
Ian McCulloch (actor)
Ian McCulloch (singer)
Ian McCulloch (snooker player)
Ian McDiarmid - Actor
Ian McEwan - novelist
Ian John McKay - recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sir Ian McKellen - Actor
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 - Australian journalist and war correspondent for The Times.
Ian Murdock - Computer professional. Creator of the Debian project.
Ian Paice - drummer Deep Purple
Ian Paisley - Protestant politician
Ian Pooley - German DJ
Ian Rankin - Scottish novelist
Ian Reid (disambiguation)
Ian Richardson - Scottish actor
Ian Rush - Welsh international footballer
Ian Smith (disambiguation)
Ian Smith - ex Rhodesian Prime Minister
Ian Snell - Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Ian Somerhalder - Actor
Ian Stanley - British musician
Ian Stewart (disambiguation)
Ian Stone - Comedian
Ian Stuart Donaldson - vocalist and frontman of controversial British band Skrewdriver
Ian Svenonius - American musician
Ian Thorpe - Australian swimmer
Ian Thomson - Cricketer
Ian Waltz - American discus thrower
Ian Watkins (Lostprophets) (born 1977), lead singer of the alternative metal band Lostprophets
Ian Watkins (Steps) (born 1976), British pop singer and actor, former member of Steps
Ian Weatherhead - English watercolour artist
Ian Wilmut - English embryologist, best known for cloning Dolly the sheep
Ian Wilson (disambiguation)
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 - He is often credited by his full name, American comedian
Thomas Ian Nicholas - actor

As a family name

Janis Ian - singer and songwriter
Scott Ian - stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld, guitarist with the metal band Anthrax

Notable Iains

Iain Balshaw - MBE, English rugby player
Iain Banks - Scottish writer
Iain Black - British Columbia politician
Iain Dowie - Northern Irish football manager
Iain Lee - British comedian, TV presenter and radio presenter
Iain Macleod - British politician
Iain Paxton - Scottish rugby player
Iain Smith - Scottish politician
Iain Duncan Smith - Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001-2003
Iain Softley - film director
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 Ians

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 Edgerton - FBI agent and sniper from the show Numb3rs.
Ian Gallagher - one of the main characters in the television drama, Shameless.
Ian Howe - an antagonist in National Treasure.
Ian Kelley - from the TV series Being Ian.
Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman (together with dozens of other Ians) - characters created by Lee and Herring. The duo used 'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News.
Ian - from Leprechaun 2.
Ian Malcolm - from Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park.
Ian (MÄR) - 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 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 Schulenburg - Unseen husband of Harriet Schulenburg in Green Wing.
Ian Rider - From the Alex Rider books
Ian Scuffling - Tyrone Slothrup's adopted name after he goes into hiding in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.
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.