Given name

Éthan

Éthan is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Éthan comes from Biblical Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Éthan’s family of names

In French usage, Éthan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ethan.

Walk Éthan’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Éthan has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.

Biblical Hebrew

1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Éthan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Biblical

Ithran

“excellent” · “abundance”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Elesbaan

Elesbaan is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Catalan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Elizaphan

“God hides” · “God has protected”

No U.S. birth series

90% boys · 10% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Hemdan

“pleasant”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Ahiman

“my brother is a gift” · “who is my brother?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Elnathan

“God has given”

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>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Benhanan

“son of the gracious one” · “son of being graceful”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Eran

“one who has been awakened”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Éthan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Éthan

A sister for Éthan