Aydın (name)
Aydın (pronounced [ˈajdɯn], also spelled Aidin, Ajdin, Aiden, Ayden, or Aydin, Persian: آیدین) is a male given name, meaning enlightened and bright in Turkic Azeri and Turkish, and a popular Irish Hebrew name. Ayden is essentially an Americanized respelling of Aidan, a name of Irish origin from the ancient Gaelic "Áedán" or "Aodhán." These names are diminutives of Áed from "Aodh" (fire), and therefore mean "little fire." In Irish mythology, Áed was the god of fire and god of the underworld. Aodhán is a name that was also borne by several ancient High Kings of Ireland as well as a few important early Irish saints. The older Gaelic versions of the name were relatively common during Antiquity and the early medieval period. Probably the most famous Irishman named Aidan was the 7th century Saint Aidan of Iona (Scotland).[1] The name may refer to:
Given name
- Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami (1982–2007), Iranian basketball player
- Aydın Dikmen (born 1937), Turkish art dealer
- Aydın Doğan (born 1936), Turkish entrepreneur
- Aydın Güven Gürkan (1941-2006), Academician and politician
- Aydın Karabulut (born 1988), Turkish-German footballer
- Aidin Mahmutović (born 1986), Bosnian footballer
- Ajdin Maksumić (born 1985), Bosnian footballer
- Aydin Mirzazade (born 1957), Azerbaijani politician
- Ajdin Muzaka (fl. 1443–1444), Albanian military commander
- Aydın Örs (born 1946), Turkish basketball coach
- Aydın Toscalı (born 1980), Turkish footballer
- Aydın Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
Surname
- Bahtiyar Aydın (1946-1993), Turkish army general
- Bilgesu Aydın (born 1994), Turkish women's football player
- Ebru Aydın (born 1973), Turkish female singer and songwriter
- Ebru Aydın (footballer) (born 1992), Turkish women's footballer
- Elif Sıla Aydın (born 1996), Turkish female handball player
- Emre Aydın (born 1981), Turkish rock singer-songwriter
- Eren Aydın (born 1982), Turkish footballer
- Furkan Aydın (born 1991), Turkish footballer
- Lütfiye Aydın (born 1949), Turkish writer
- Mehmet Aydın (born 1943), Turkish professor of philosophy and religion
- Merve Aydın (born 1990), Turkish female middle distance runner
- Merve Aydın (basketball) (born 1994), Turkish female basketball player
- Mirkan Aydın (born 1987), German-Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Aydın, Turkish professor of International relations
- Okan Aydın (born 1994), Turkish-German footballer
- Selçuk Aydın (born 1983), Turkish boxer
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