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View Name: Ayn


AYN
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Various
PRONOUNCED: IEN   [key]
Meaning & History
This name was assumed by Ayn Rand (1905-1982), originally named Alice Rosenbaum, a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She apparently based it on a Finnish name she had heard, but never seen written.
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