Aidan

Aidan descends from the Old Irish Aodhan, a diminutive of Aodh, the ancient name of a Celtic sun god, meaning little fire. Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne carried that flame into seventh-century Northumbria, founding a monastery that became a beacon of early medieval learning. The name slept for centuries before roaring back in the 1990s, helped by Sex and the City's charming carpenter. It peaked inside the American top 40 in the mid-2000s and has since cooled into the 300s. Two warm syllables, Celtic at the root and contemporary in every other way. A small, bright fire.