MEANING & HISTORY
What does Edan mean?
The researched exact Edan entry identifies an alternative transcription of Hebrew Idan. The linked Idan entry gives era and explicitly lists Edan as a variant.
This language-specific account is distinct from an automatically assumed Irish Aidan fire-name relationship.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Edan in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
EDANCSV record 786 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Edan in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Edan
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Adan♂Unaccented form of Adán or Adam; man
- Adán♂Man or humankind, linked with earth in Genesis
- Dan♂He judged; also a familiar form of Daniel
- Edad♀Familiar form shared by Felicidad, Soledad and Caridad
- Eden♂♀Biblical garden name associated with delight
- Aidan♂Little fire
- Ed♂Short form of Edward, Edmund and other Ed- names
- Edda·Old Norse great-grandmother; independent German Eda variant
What rhymes with Edan?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name: Edan (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: Idan (opens in a new tab)
Hebrew era meaning and explicit Edan variant.