Ethan (given name)

Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin (איתן) that means firm, strong and long-lived. The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings. 4:31, Ps. 89 title, 1 Chr. 2:6 and 2:8, 1 Chr. 6:42 and 6:44, and 1 Chr. 15:17 and 15:19). See Ethan (biblical figure).

It may also be spelled Eitan or Eytan.

Popularity

In 2013 it was the fourth most popular name for boys in Australia.^[1]

People

Given name

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• Ethan Albright (born 1971), American football player.
• Ethan Allen (armsmaker) (1806–1871), American armsmaker
• Ethan Allen (baseball) (1904–1993), American baseball player
• Ethan Allen (1738–1789), American revolutionary and general
• Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852), American politician
• Ethan Berkowitz (born 1962), American politician
• Ethan Bortnick (born 2000), American pianist
• Ethan Coen (born 1957), American director and screenwriter
• Ethan Couch, convicted of wrongful death due to affluenza
• Ethan Cox (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Ethan Erickson (born 1973), American actor
• Eytan Fox (born 1964), Israeli film director
• Eitan Haber (born 1940), Israeli journalist
• Ethan Hawke (born 1970), American actor
• Ethan James (producer) (1946–2003), musician, record producer, and recording engineer
• Ethan Juan (born 1982), Taiwanese actor
• Ethan Leib (born 1975), American law professor
• Eitan Livni (1919–1991), Israeli activist and politician
• Ethan Moreau (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ethan Peck (born 1986), American actor
• Ethan Phillips (born 1955), American actor
• Ethan Randall (born 1978), also credited as Ethan Embry, American actor
• Ethan Stiefel (born 1973), American ballet dancer
• Ethan Suplee (born 1976), American actor
• Ethan Watts (born 1972), American volleyball player
• Ethan Werek (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ethan Zohn (born 1973), American television contestant
• Ethan Zuckerman (both 1973), American businessman

Surname

• Michael Eitan (born 1944), Israeli politician
• Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general
• Rafi Eitan (born 1926), Israeli politician
• Freddy Eytan (born 1947), Israeli diplomat and writer
• Walter Eytan (1910-2001), Israeli diplomat

Fiction

• Ethan, fictional character in the CrossGen comic book universe
• Ethan, fictional character in the video games Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
• Ethan Craft, fictional character in the television series Lizzie McGuire
• Ethan Chandler, a sharpshooter from Penny Dreadful
• Ethan Edwards, fictional character in the 1956 John Ford film The Searchers
• Ethan Frome, fictional character in the 1911 novel of the same name by Edith Wharton
• Ethan Hunt, fictional character in the Mission: Impossible films played by Tom Cruise
• Ethan James, fictional character in the television series Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
• Ethan Kairos, the main character in the game Time Hollow
• Ethan Mars, fictional character in the video game Heavy Rain
• Ethan Nakamura, a fictional character and minor antagonist in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
• Ethan Rayne, fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Ethan Rom, fictional character in the television series Lost
• Ethan Snyder, fictional character in the television series As the World Turns
• Ethan Tremblay, a character from the film Due Date
• Ethan Ward, fictional character in the television series 90210 played by Dustin Milligan
• Ethan Wate, a protagonist in the Beautiful Creatures series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
• Ethan Wright, fictional character in the television series The Office

References

See also

• Ethan James (clothing)
• Ethan Allen (furniture company)
• Ethan (disambiguation)
• Eitan (disambiguation)
• Etan (disambiguation)