Addan as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Addan

What is the meaning of the name Addan ?

The baby name Addan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AD-an (IPA: /ˈæd.ən/).

Addan is Hebrew, Irish, Spanish, Welsh in Origin.

Addan is a rare, chiefly masculine given name in contemporary English, likely a modern respelling shaped by the popularity of short -an/-en names. It also surfaces in some English Bible translations (e.g., KJV) as Addan within the post-exilic lists of returnees, probably denoting a place or family, which gives the form a faint scriptural pedigree. Usage has grown modestly in Anglophone countries since the 2000s, though it remains uncommon.

Its etymology is interpreted through related forms: as a variant of Spanish Adan/Adán or English Adam (from Hebrew adam, “man; ground”); as aligned with Adan/Aden or Arabic 'Adan, associated with Eden/Aden and senses like “delight,” “abiding,” or “settlement”; or as a phonetic cousin of Irish Aodhan (“little fire”). Variants include Adan, Adán, Aden, Adden, and Addin; diminutives Addy and Ad.