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other usesInfobox Given Name Revised| name = Ian| image=| imagesize=| caption=| pronunciation=| gender = Male| meaning = God is gracious| region =| origin = Hebrew (via Scottish Gaelic)| related names = John| footnotes = "Ian" , "Iain" , or "Eian" or "Eion" (IPA-gd|'???n, IPA-en|'i?.?n|lang) is the Scottish Gaelic name corresponding to English John (given name)|John . It is a very common name in much of the English-speaking world . In the United Kingdom, Ian waswhen|date=June 2011 the 19th most common male name, taking account of the whole population (over 300,000 Ians in total).Citation needed|date=March 2008The 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, http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Ian.htm while remaining roughly constant in popularity in the USA.
Popularity of the name 'Ian' in the USA
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Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States. Source: Social Security Administration. See http:/ / www.ssa.gov/ OACT/ babynames http:/ / www.ssa.gov/ OACT/ babynames
Other Gaelic forms of "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Scots language|Lowland Scots ), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seαn" and " Eoin " (from Irish language|Irish ). In Greek language|Greek 'Yanis' or 'Ianis' or 'Ioannis' is a particularly common name. Its Welsh Language|Welsh counterpart is Ioan (disambiguation)|Ioan , the French language|French equivalent is Yann (disambiguation)|Yann , and Slavic is Ivan (name)|Ivan .
Many Armenian surnames end in -ian (such as Kardashian ), as "ian" (or "yan") means "son of" in Armenian language|Armenian .
Notable Ians
As a first name (alphabetical by family name)
Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson lead of rock band Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull
Ian Astbury singer of rock band The Cult (band)|The Cult
Iain Smith (Scottish politician)|Iain Smith Scottish politician
Iain Duncan Smith Leader of the Conservative Party, 20012003
Iain Softley film director
Iain Stirling TV presenter and comedian
Iain Stewart (disambiguation)
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 Hawke the main antagonist in the Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)|Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
Ian the Deer Elliot's arch-rival in the Open Season (film)|Open Season movies
Ian Beale from the TV soap opera EastEnders
Ian Chesterton from the TV series Doctor Who
Ian Slater - from the ABC soap opera All My Children
Ian Craig from the radio soap opera The Archers
Ian Edgerton FBI agent and sniper from the show Numb3rs
List of past Shameless characters#Ian Gallagher|Ian Gallagher one of the main characters in the television drama, Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless
Ian Hainsworth - Susan Delfino 's boyfriend in 3rd season of Desperate Housewives
Ian Howe an antagonist in National Treasure (film)|National Treasure
Ian Kabra antagonist of The 39 Clues book series
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 (novel)|Jurassic Park
Ian (MΔR) a recurring character in the manga and anime series MΔR
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 Miller from the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ian Murray- The Nephew of Jamie Fraser in Diana Gabaldon 's Outlander (novel)|Outlander novels
Ian O'Shea from Stephenie Meyer's novel, The Host (novel)|The Host
Ian Randall from the 'Dichotic' episode of Smallville (TV series)|Smallville , a character who had the ability to duplicate himself
Ian Raymond Laura's boyfriend in the novel and film, High Fidelity (novel)|High Fidelity
Recurring guest characters in Green Wing#Ian, Oscar, Jamie, Robbie and Stuart Schulenburg|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
