English

Alternative forms

• Iain

Proper noun

Ian

1. A male given name.
   • 1975, Robertson Davies, World of Wonders, ISBN 0670817902, 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.”

Translations

References

• Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

Anagrams

• ani, ANI
• ina, Ina
• NIA

Esperanto

Determiner

ian

1. accusative singular of ia

Etymology 2

i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -an (obsolete correlative suffix of time)

Adverb

ian

1. Obsolete form of iam.

Japanese

Romanization

ian

1. rōmaji reading of いあん

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ēn. Compare Mooring North Frisian iinj.

Numeral

ian (f. or n.) (m. een)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) one