Meaning: Compact yet surprisingly deep in meaning
Origin: Scottish Gaelic form of John — from the Hebrew Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן)
Gender: Boy
Rank in Ireland: #56
Total births: 8,537
History: The name Ian became fashionable in Ireland during the 1980s, a decade when the country's youth balanced tradition with a hunger for change. It was the era of U2's rise from Dublin's northside, and names like this captured the sense of possibility that Irish young people felt. It remains linked to that transformative period when Ireland began redefining itself on the world stage.
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