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Ian or Iain is a name of origin, which is derived from the (, ) and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename Iain. This name is a popular name in , where it originated, as well as in other English-speaking countries.

The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian ranked as the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. , the name has been in the top 100 in the every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003.

Other Gaelic forms of the name "John" include "" ("Johnny" from ), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "" (from ). The equivalent is Ioan, the counterpart is Yowan and the equivalent is Yann.


Notable people named Ian

Given name
  • (born 1970), American mathematician
  • Ian Alexander (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Anderson (musician) (born 1947), lead of rock band Jethro Tull
  • (born 1962), singer of rock band The Cult
  • (1953–2023), Scottish guitarist of The Alan Parsons Project and Pilot
  • (born 1960), Australian golfer and 1991 British Open winner
  • (1928–1999), British actor
  • (1918–1944), Canadian-British recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, American aerospace engineer
  • (born 1982), English cricketer
  • Ian Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Black (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sir (1953–2025), British head of the Metropolitan Police Service
  • , American video game designer and academic
  • (born 1976), American actor
  • (born 1953), English footballer
  • (born 1998), American football player
  • Sir (born 1955), English cricketer
  • Ian Brady (Ian Duncan Stewart, 1938–2017), convicted for the in England in the 1960s
  • (born 1969), political scientist, author, entrepreneur
  • (born 1958), English singer in The Lightning Seeds, and music producer
  • (born 1963), singer and lyricist in The Stone Roses
  • (born 1996), American football player
  • (born 1942), English footballer
  • (born 1954), British design director for Jaguar
  • Ian Cameron (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (1920–2010), English actor
  • Ian S. E. Carmichael (1930–2011), American volcanologist
  • Ian Carroll (born 2000), American ethical hacker and security researcher
  • (born 1990), American YouTube personality
  • (born 1993), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
  • Ian Brackenbury Channell, birth name of The Wizard of New Zealand (born 1932), educator, comedian, magician, and politician
  • (born 1943), Australian cricketer
  • (1949–1990), Scottish/British actor
  • Ian Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1956), Canadian boxer
  • (born 1989), American hockey player
  • (1943–2008), singer and actor
  • , New Zealand cricketer
  • Ian Colquhoun (author), Scottish actor and writer
  • Ian Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian James Corlett (born 1962), cartoon writer and voice actor, creator of
  • (born 1982), swimmer
  • (1935-2021), English television writer
  • (1956–1980), singer and lyricist in
  • (1903–1989), British filmmaker
  • , American YouTuber
  • Ian Davidson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1985), American Major League Baseball shortstop
  • Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957–1993), English vocalist and frontman of British neo-Nazi band
  • Ian Dunn (activist) (1943–1998), Scottish gay and paedophile rights activist
  • Ian Dunn (rugby union) (born 1960), New Zealand rugby union player
  • (1942–2000), British singer and songwriter
  • (born 1969), American sports announcer
  • (born 1978), British swimmer
  • , American singer-songwriter
  • (born 1996), Argentine footballer
  • (1959–2023), American author and illustrator
  • Ian Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1982), Welsh tennis player
  • (1908–1964), British novelist, creator of James Bond
  • (born 1982), American comic book writer
  • (born 1950), British racing driver
  • (born 1951), American writer and humorist
  • (born 1937), South African-born Israeli tennis player and tennis patron
  • Ian George (artist) (1953–2016), Cook Islands artist
  • Ian Gibbons (musician) (1952–2019), English keyboardist, member of The Kinks
  • Ian Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1945), English lead singer of hard rock band
  • (born 2001), Argentine footballer
  • (1916–1943), English Royal Air Force flying ace and one of the Few
  • (born 1978), American football player
  • (born 1947), British guitarist and singer
  • (born 1987), Director of Machine Learning in the Special Projects Group at Apple computer
  • (1937–1990), British Member of Parliament assassinated by IRA terrorists
  • Ian Gregson (athlete) (born 1962), Canadian actor, musician, activist
  • (born 1955), English cricketer, brother of Tony Greig
  • (1938–2002), British politician
  • (born 1999), American gymnastics creator
  • Ian Hall (musician) (1940–2022), Guyanese-born British musician and composer
  • (born 1974), British actor
  • Ian Hamilton (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Canadian voice actor
  • , Canadian journalist and news anchor
  • (born 1986), American actor
  • (born 1964), English actor
  • (born 1964 as Jan-Håkan Haugland), Norwegian-born Swedish drummer for the band Europe
  • (born 1964), Australian wicket-keeper
  • (born 1987), American comedian with
  • Ian Henderson (footballer) (born 1985), English footballer
  • Ian Henderson (news presenter) (born 1953), Australian news presenter
  • Ian Henderson (police officer) (1927–2013), former head of secret police in Bahrain, accused of torture
  • Ian Henderson (rugby league) (born 1983), Scottish rugby hooker who plays in Australia
  • (born 1967), Irish soccer player
  • Ian Hicks (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1951), bassist for metal band
  • (born 1960), British satirist and editor of Private Eye
  • (born 1997), freestyle swimmer
  • Sir (1931–2020), British actor
  • Ian Holmes (footballer, born 1950)
  • Ian Holmes (runner) (born 1965), English runner
  • Ian Holmes (footballer, born 1985)
  • Ian Ho (swimmer) (born 1997), Hong Kong freestyle swimmer
  • (1944–2002), painter
  • Ian Hunter (actor) (1900–1975), English actor
  • Ian Hunter (singer) (born 1939), English singer of Mott the Hoople
  • Ian McLellan Hunter (1915–1991), English screenwriter best known as the front for the blacklisted and who later found himself blacklisted
  • (born 1974), double murderer
  • Ian Jacobs (oncologist) (born 1957), English academic, gynaecological oncologist, gynaecologist/obstetrician
  • , Australian kickboxer and 3-time World Kickboxing Champion
  • Ian James (athlete) (born 1963), Olympic athlete
  • Ian Jones-Quartey (born 1984), animator
  • (born 1985), American soccer player
  • (born 1972), American actor
  • (born 1984), American stand-up comedian and writer
  • (1899–1960), American actor
  • (born 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • (born 2001), American football player
  • (born 1943), English historian
  • (1945–2015), singer/bass player in Motörhead
  • (born 1982), Israeli-American Major League Baseball All Star second baseman
  • (born 1994), American YouTuber and livestreamer
  • , American operatic tenor
  • (born 1947), Scottish entertainer
  • Ian Laperrière (born 1974), Canadian-American hockey player
  • (1946–2024), English actor
  • (born 1938), Australian rules footballer
  • (born 1966), British Conservative MP for Blyth Valley since 2019
  • Ian (born 1950), American author
  • Ian Oswald Liddell (1919–1945), recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • (born 1949), author
  • , British television director
  • (born 1960), politician
  • (1925–2007), politician
  • (1948–2003), author
  • Ian Macdonald (barrister) (1939–2019)
  • (born 1962), musician
  • (born 1986), basketball player
  • Ian Malcolm (politician) (1868–1944), Member of Parliament (1910–1919)
  • Ian Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (1989–2021), Brazilian diver
  • Ian Matthews (drummer) (born 1971), drummer for
  • Ian Maxtone-Graham (born 1959), television writer and producer
  • (born 1961), former gangster from Glasgow
  • (1938–2016), weather forecaster
  • Ian McCulloch (actor) (born 1939), actor
  • Ian McCulloch (singer) (born 1959), British singer in the band Echo & the Bunnymen
  • Ian McCulloch (snooker player) (born 1971), snooker player
  • (born 1944), Scottish actor
  • Ian McDonald (musician) (1946–2022), British musician, best known for being a member of both and Foreigner
  • (born 1948), English novelist and screenwriter
  • (1953–1982), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Sir (born 1939), English actor
  • (1945–2014), English musician, best known for being a member of both and Faces
  • Ian McMillan (footballer) (1931–2024), Scottish footballer
  • Ian McMillan (poet) (born 1956)
  • (born 1942), actor
  • (1920–1999), English creator of Just a Minute
  • (born 1952), Australian rules footballer
  • (1960–2025), British writer and translator
  • Ian Moran (cricketer) (born 1979), Australian cricketer
  • (born 1972), American hockey player
  • Ian Morris (cricketer) (born 1946), Welsh cricketer
  • Ian Morris (musician) (1957–2010), New Zealand musician
  • Ian Morris (historian) (born 1960), British historian
  • Ian Morris (athlete) (born 1961), Trinidadian athlete
  • Ian Morris (footballer) (born 1987), Irish footballer
  • Ian Morrison (journalist) (1913–1950), Australian journalist
  • Ian Morrison (RNZAF officer) (1914–1997), senior officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
  • (born 1930), former National Hockey League referee and vice president
  • Ian Morrison (footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
  • Sir (1912–2006), British accountant and politician
  • (born 1970), English cricketer
  • (born 1953), drummer for
  • (born 1955), Australian musician,
  • (1973–2015), computer professional, creator of the Debian project
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster
  • , English footballer
  • Ian O'Brien (born 1947), swimmer
  • (born 1948), drummer of
  • (1926–2014), Protestant politician
  • Ian Patterson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Pearson (badminton) (born 1974), English badminton player
  • (born 1957), English cricketer
  • , Dominican politician
  • (born 1973), German DJ
  • (born 1976), English professional golfer
  • (born 1960), American radio broadcaster and priest
  • (born 1960), Scottish novelist
  • (1927–2020), Australian discus thrower
  • Ian Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Richards (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (1934–2007), Scottish actor
  • Ian Roberts (born 1973), Guyanese-American educator and former Olympic athlete
  • Ian Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Ross (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1961), Welsh footballer
  • (born 1961), cricketer for Edinburgh, Scotland
  • (born 1991), Filipino professional basketball player
  • (born 1947), former South African F1 driver
  • (born 2003), American basketball and football player
  • Ian Scott (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Shaw (actor) (born 1969)
  • Ian Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (1919–2007), Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1964–1979
  • (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • (born 1978), actor
  • (born 1957), British musician
  • (born 1987), English cyclist
  • Ian Stevenson Webster (1925–2002), British judge
  • Ian Stewart (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , English comedian
  • (born 2007), Argentine footballer
  • (born 1968), American musician
  • , (born 1945), American paleoanthropologist
  • Ian Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Thomson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1972), Canadian musician
  • (born 1982), Australian swimmer
  • (born 1979), British guitarist
  • (born 1964), Canadian actor
  • (1933–2022), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Ian Van Dahl, Belgian artist
  • (born 1975), Filipino actor, athlete, pilot, and singer
  • , American sound engineer
  • Ian Walker (sailor) (born 1970), British sailor
  • Ian Wallace (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1977), American discus thrower
  • Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer) (1977–2025), Welsh lead singer of the alternative metal band Lostprophets, and convicted pedophile
  • Ian "H" Watkins (born 1976), British pop singer and actor, former member of Steps
  • (born 1932), English watercolor artist
  • (born 1986), English footballer
  • (born 1951), Australian politician
  • Sir (1944–2023), English embryologist, best known for cloning Dolly the sheep
  • Ian Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (1942–2023), British-American visual effects artist
  • (1896–1992), American actor
  • (born 1943), English football player and manager
  • Ian Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1958), Welsh golfer
  • (born 1963), English footballer
  • Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, birth name of American musician (born 1969)
  • (born 1964), American actor


Surname
  • (born 1951), singer and songwriter
  • , stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld (born 1963), guitarist with the metal band Anthrax


Notable people named Iain
  • (1933–1997), English actor
  • (born 1975), contemporary English painter
  • , Northern Irish Singer-songwriter musician
  • (born 2008), American child actor
  • (born 1971), Canadian soccer defender
  • (born 1964), British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player
  • (born 1979), English rugby player
  • (born 1980), English composer
  • (1954–2013), Scottish writer
  • (born 1955), legal philosopher, writer, professor and practising legal consultant
  • (born 1967), British Columbia politician
  • , Irish social historian of technics and the commons
  • (born 1962), English architectural historian and urban commentator
  • (born 1973), Canadian rower
  • (born 1967), former Scottish football referee in the Scottish Premier League
  • Iain Brunnschweiler (born 1979), English cricketer
  • (born 1979), English film producer
  • Iain Chambers, English composer, producer and performer
  • Iain Michael Chambers, British scholar
  • , Australian scientist
  • (born 1985), Scottish footballer
  • (born 1965), British slalom canoer
  • , Australian scientist
  • (born 1977), Scottish comedian and actor
  • (born 1961), British businessman and consultant in the railway industry
  • , British scientist
  • (born 1962), British broadcaster, author and political commentator
  • (born 1984), Scottish professional footballer
  • Iain De Caestecker (born 1987), Scottish actor
  • (born 1971), British film director
  • Iain Donald Campbell (1941–2014), Scottish biophysicist and academic
  • (born 1965), Northern Irish football manager
  • (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey forward
  • (born 1970), English professional footballer
  • (born 1966), Scottish footballer
  • Iain Eairdsidh MacAsgaill (1898–1934), Scottish poet and piper
  • Iain Evans (field hockey) (born 1981), South African field hockey player
  • (born 1973), Scottish rugby union player
  • (born 1949), Scottish footballer
  • (born 1935), Australian author
  • Iain Finlayson (alpine skier) (1951–1990), British alpine skier
  • (born 1961), Scottish actor, noted for his role in TV's Game of Thrones
  • (born 1957), Leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament
  • Iain Hamilton (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1976), Zimbabwean hurdler
  • (born 1992), professional rugby player for Ulster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions
  • (born 1949), Zimbabwean farmer and politician
  • (born 1973), British comedian, TV presenter and radio presenter
  • (born 1959), British diplomat
  • (1913–1970), British politician
  • (1938–2006), Scottish photographer, noted for his image of the Beatles walking across Abbey Road
  • (born 1946), formerly known as Ian Matthews, English musician, singer-songwriter, member of Fairport Convention
  • Iain David McGeachy (1948–2009), birth name of , British singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • (born 1953), psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar
  • (born 1959), Scottish politician
  • Iain Morrison (rugby union) (born 1962), Scottish rugby union player
  • Iain Morrison (rugby league) (born 1983), English rugby league player
  • Iain Morrison (musician), Scottish musician
  • Iain O'Brien (born 1976), New Zealand cricketer
  • (born 1957), Scottish rugby player
  • (born 1981), Scottish actor
  • Iain Smith (Scottish politician) (born 1960), Scottish politician
  • Iain Duncan Smith (born 1954), Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–2003
  • (born 1958), film director
  • (born 1988), Scottish TV presenter and comedian
  • Iain Stewart (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Iain Sutherland (1948–2019), Scottish musician, member of The Sutherland Brothers
  • (born 1969), Canadian badminton player
  • (born 1949), President of Princeton Theological Seminary and former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland


Fictional people named Ian
  • Ian – the supporting character from The Haunted House animated series
  • Ian – from Shane Jiraiya Cummings' short story "Ian"; every male character the protagonist meets is called Ian
  • Ian – from 's play
  • Ian – from Leprechaun 2
  • Ian – the protagonist in the manga Not Simple by
  • – from the TV soap opera
  • – from the TV series
  • Ian Craig – from the radio soap opera
  • Ian the Deer – Elliot's arch-rival in the Open Season movies
  • Ian Donnelly, 's character in Arrival
  • Ian Doyle – an Irish terrorist featured on
  • – FBI agent and sniper from the show Numb3rs
  • Ian Foot – from the British TV series Come Fly with Me
  • – one of the main characters in the television drama Shameless and its American remake
  • Ian Grimm – creative director of fictional video game in the television series
  • Ian Hainsworth – 's boyfriend in 3rd season of Desperate Housewives
  • Ian Hawke – the main antagonist in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
  • Ian Howe – an antagonist in National Treasure
  • Ian Kabra – antagonist of the book series The 39 Clues
  • Ian Kelley – title character from the Canadian animated series , created by Ian James Corlett, voiced by Richard Ian Cox
  • Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman (together with dozens of other Ians) – characters created by Lee and Herring; the duo used 'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News
  • Ian Lightfoot – Tom Holland’s character from the film Onward
  • Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) – from Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park
  • Ian (MÄR) – a recurring character in the and series MÄR
  • Ian Maxtone-Graham – from the TV series
  • Professor Ian McClaine – adoptive father of Joe 90
  • Ian McKenzie – the liberal attorney from the novel and the film A Dry White Season
  • Ian McKinley – from the movie Final Destination 3
  • Ian Miller – from the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Ian Murray – the nephew of Jamie Fraser in 's Outlander series
  • Ian Nottingham – a character from comic and TV series
  • Ian O'Shea – from Stephenie Meyer's novel The Host
  • Ian Papov – character and member of the Demolition Boys (also known as the Blitzkrieg Boys) from the anime series Beyblade (2000)
  • Ian Randall – from the Smallville (TV series), episodes "Dichotic" and "Asylum", a character who had the ability to duplicate himself
  • Ian Raymond – Laura's boyfriend in the novel and film High Fidelity
  • Ian Richton – A character and Ginger's former crush in the TV show As Told by Ginger
  • Ian Rider – from the books
  • Ian Schulenburg – unseen husband of Harriet Schulenburg in
  • Ian Scuffling – Tyrone Slothrup's adopted name after he goes into hiding in 's Gravity's Rainbow
  • Ian Slater – from the ABC soap opera All My Children
  • Ian Thomas – Ryan Merriman's character in the TV series Pretty Little Liars
  • Janis Ian – from the film


Fictional people named Iain
  • Iain Sterling, a fictional character in the universe
  • , a fictional character in the Casualty Central universe


See also
  • John (given name), a common masculine given name in the English language of originally Semitic origin
  • Ian (disambiguation)
  • IANS (disambiguation)
  • List of storms named Ian

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