Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian
آیدین
“light”
آیدین (Aydın) is a masculine given name from Proto-Turkic, meaning “light.” It is used in Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: âydin.
Meaning & origin
آیدین’s family of names
In Ottoman Turkish usage, آیدین shares a linguistic root with the Azerbaijani form Aydın. In Persian usage, آیدین can be written in the Roman alphabet as âydin. In Persian usage, آیدین has a transliteration in âydin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
آیدین has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Turkish roots to each of them.
Turkishwhere آیدین comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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