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Ethan name meaning

“solid, enduring, firm”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
E
Origin
Hebrew
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 12.8%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s12.8%

Meaning strengthHebrew origin

Ethan is a boy's name from Hebrew meaning 'solid, enduring, firm'.

What does Ethan mean?

Solid, enduring, firm

In Malay: kukuh, tahan lama

#Strength

Sources (1)

About the name Ethan

Ethan comes from the Hebrew name Eitan, meaning 'solid, enduring, firm'. In the Old Testament it is borne by a few minor characters, including Ethan the Ezrahite. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2010s with 1,713 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginHebrew
SyllablesE-than

Ethan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 1,713 · 12.8%
People registered with Ethan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Ethan · behindthename.com · meaning

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