Aden (disambiguation)

Aden
Pronunciation	Ah-den or Ay-den as a respelling of Aiden
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Somalian

Aden is a port city in Yemen. It may also refer to:

Given name

• Osman Aden Abdulle, Somali physician and geneticist
• Qamar Aden Ali, Somali politician
• Aden Robleh Awaleh, Djiboutian politician
• Aden Charmakeh, Djiboutian footballer
• Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first president of Somalia
• Aden Bare Duale, Kenyan politician
• Aden Durde, American football linebacker
• Aden Hashi Farah, Somali politician
• Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi, Somali politician
• Aden Mohammed, Somali banker and entrepreneur
• Aden Sugow, Kenyan politician
• Aden Saran-Sor, Somali politician

Surname

• Amal Aden, Somali-Norwegian writer
• Omar Hashi Aden, Assassinated Somali politician
• Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Somali politician

Places

• Colony of Aden, former British colony
• Aden Protectorate, former British protectorate
• Gulf of Aden
• Aden Site, archaeological site

Ships

• Aden, sunk Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ship
• Aden, bombed 8,000-ton French freighter

Fiction

• Hazel Aden, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
• Aden (Lineage 2), a fictional kingdom and its capital in Lineage 2 MMORPG

Music

• The title of a folk song, The Barren Rocks of Aden
• Aden (band), an American indie-pop band

See also

• Adeno- or, before a vowel, aden- E.g., adenitis (inflammation of a gland), adenopathy ( or lymphadenopathy), adenoma (glandular growths)
• ADEN cannon, a British-made 30mm cannon used on military aircraft