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Whether it is or isn't cool is not the point. Eyan, apart from looking like Eeyore's cousin, suggests the sound IEan, rather than EEan.

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There is of course Iain as an alternative to Ian. Just as Owen is an alternative to Eoin. But the alternative is only in the spelling, not the pronunciation.

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If you really need an alternative pronunciation, I recommend the marvellous Ieuan.

Eyan looks like the parents didn't know how to spell Ian / Iain or they were dumbing the spelling down for others. I also want to emphasize the EYE sound when I see it written down. In general, I don't care for kr8if spellings and feel they take away from the integrity of a name. JMHO. Eoin isn't bad, but it's not pronounced the same as Ian / Iain either. It's pronounced Owen.

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Hope this helps.

How do you say it? I pronounce Ian as EE-en and Eyan as EYE-en. I think that Eyan would be mistaken as Evan quite a lot, and honestly it looks like a poor attempt at feminization. I wouldn't use it.

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I've always liked Ion, but that has a completely different pronunciation.

Why complicate a simple, handsome name? Ian is lovely and classic.
Eyan is horrible. I would pronounce it Eye-an not Ee-an

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Theres also Iain and Ean (though I think the pron. for this might be slightly different)

This message was edited 4/13/2015, 2:32 PM

My problem is that Eyan looks like it is telling me to pronounce it differently from Ian. Like it should be EYE-an or EH-yan. Ian is so simple, that Eyan looks overbaked.

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There's Iain.