Iain

Where Iain comes from

From Scottish Gaelic. Cognate of John; see there for more.
— Wiktionary's entry for Iain
  • Scottish Gaelic
Iain through the years
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,425 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #1,181
    126 babies named Iain, the most in any year.
  3. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,528.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English John.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.