AIDAN ZOMG.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

As I was reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" today, I came across "Aidenn", a place-name Poe used referring to the garden of Eden. I thought that was kind of interesting because of the massive popularity of Aiden/Aidan names today, and I hadn't seen it spelled that way before. (Also, it has a completely different meaning from Aidan, which means "fire" in Irish, I think.) Now I am completely anti-things-that-rhyme-with-Aidan, but I like this spelling better than Aidan/Aiden. What do you think?

ETA: I remembered that when I first heard the name Aiden (a boy in the grade younger than me) I thought it was a girl's name, and a variation of the Hebrew name Eden (pronounced EH-den, not EE-den) which, like "Aidenn", comes from the garden of Eden.

ETAA: I really hope this entry does not influence any expecting parents to name their sons Aidenn instead of John or Henry, because that was totally not my intention! I just want to know what people think of this spelling/meaning versus the popular one.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/hajari_/]

I dislike the double n.

I lovelovelove the name Aidan, and it makes me really sad that it's so popular.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid nowadays, seeing Aidenn, no one would think of Poe, but rather of a mispelling of Aidan.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Same.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree.
I like the idea behind Aidenn, but nowadays, everyone would assume it was another creative variant of Aidan.
And apart from 'everyone'...I just don't like the double 'n' spelling =)

[washironfucketc.livejournal.com]

I think it looks odd. Then again my son is an Aedan, so even when I see Aidan/Aiden, they look weird to me too.