Given name & surname · also Irish
Ain
Ain is a masculine given name. It is used in Estonian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Irish and Arabic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 306 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ain’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Ain has a related form in Hendrik.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ain
- Ain KaalepEstonian writer and politician (1926–2020)
- Ain MäeotsEstonian actor and director (born 1971)
- Ain AngerEstonian opera singer (born 1971)
- Ain LutseppEstonian actor and politician (born 1954)
- Ain RoostEstonian-Canadian athletics competitor and psychologist (born 1946)
- Ain SeppikEstonian politician (born 1952)
- Ain TammusEstonian footballer (born 1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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