Comments for the name Aidan

Aidan Shaw, played by John Corbett, was the name of Carrie Bradshaw's fiance in the risque T.V. show "Sex and the City." Also, Aidan Gillen is an actor who played Lord Nelson Rathbone in the movie "Shanghai Knights."

Famous bearer is Aidan Mitchell, who plays Sam Malloy on The Riches.

Historical figures:
-Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (d. 651) a missionary who restored Christianity to Northumbria.
-Saint Aidan of Llawhaden (c.550-626), known, in Ireland, as Maedoc or Mogue, an Irish Saint who studied in Wales before establishing the monastery of Ferns, County Wexford.

Current figures
Aidan Banks, a guitarist.
Aidan Barclay, an English businessman.
Aidan Browne, a Northern Ireland TV presenter.
Aidan Chambers, an English author.
Aidan Delgado, a US anti-war activist.
Aidan Gillen, an Irish actor, whose real name is Aidan Murphy.
Aidan Girt, a Canadian drummer.
Aidan Hartley, an author and journalist.
Aidan Higgins, an Irish writer.
Aidan Hughes, an English artist.
Aidan McArdle, an Irish actor.
Aidan O'Donnell, an American child actor.
Aidan Quinn, an Irish-American actor.
Aidan White, a journalist.

Sporting figures
Aidan Collins, an English professional footballer.
Aidan Daly, a New Zealand basketball player.
Aidan Davison, an English professional footballer.
Aidan Fogarty, an Irish hurling player.
Aidan O'Brien, an Irish horse-racing trainer.
Aidan O'Keefe, an Irish footballer.

Fictional figures
Aidan, a fictional character in the computer game Guild Wars.
Aidan Bok, a fictional character from the novel Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of a Jedi by John Whitman.
Aidan Brosnan, a fictional character played by Sean Maguire in the serial drama East Enders.
Aidan of Gwynedd, a fictional character from the Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz.
Aidan Haldane, another fictional character from the Deryni novels by Katherine Kurtz.
Aidan Lynch, a fictional character from the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling.
Aidan Shaw, a fictional character played by John Corbett in the serial drama Sex and the City.

Bo Bice (of 'American Idol' fame) and wife Caroline gave this name to their son in 2005.

Aidan is the illustrator/writer of the Book of Kells in "The Secret of Kells" which is an animated movie based on Irish Mythology.

Aidan Turner is an Irish actor, best known for his role as Mitchell the vampire in BBC's Being Human.