Ethan
/ˈiːθən/
Ethan proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
Proper noun
Ethan
- A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
- For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 4:31
- There have been Ethan Allen mills, Ethan Allen stock companies, Ethan Allen fire companies and Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.1889, John Langdon Heaton, The Story of Vermont: p.90
- A town in South Dakota, United States.
Ethan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Ethan in Hindi
- male given name
- ईथन īthan
Ethan in Tamil
- male given name
- ஈத்தன் īttaṉ
Ethan in Marathi
- male given name
- ईथन īthan
Ethan in Bengali
- male given name
- ইথান ithan
More languagesFewer languages
- Ethan in Malayalam
- ഈതൻ ītaṉ
- Ethan in Punjabi
- ਈਥਨ īthan
- Ethan in Gujarati
- ઈથન īthan
Examples of Ethan in a sentence
- They would have named him something dignified: Ethan, or Tristram.2001, Anne Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 88:
- The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the...
Origin of Ethan
From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”).
Words formed from Ethan
Words that rhyme with Ethan
Questions about Ethan
- What does Ethan mean?
- Ethan means a male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
- What is Ethan in Hindi?
- Ethan in Hindi is ईथन (īthan). See Ethan meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Ethan in a sentence?
- They would have named him something dignified: Ethan, or Tristram.
- What part of speech is Ethan?
- Ethan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Ethan?
- Ethan is pronounced /ˈiːθən/.
Words near Ethan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Ethan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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