Ethan

Hebrew

"strong, firm"

Ethan Origin and Meaning

The name Ethan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "strong, firm".

Ethan is a name that succeeds in being at once classic and fashionable, serious and cheery, strong and sensitive. Given a big boost via the name of the Tom Cruise character in the Mission Impossible film series, Ethan has fallen from its peak at Number 2 in 2009 and 2010, but is still popular in the US along with several other countries.

There are several Ethans in the Old Testament, the most prominent of whom, Ethan the Ezrahite, is praised for his wisdom.

Ethan's prime historic namesake in the US is Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War hero; in literature the name is associated with the eponymous Ethan Frome of Edith Wharton's novel. A more current namesake is actor Ethan Hawke.

Along with the English-speaking countries, Ethan is popular in France and other French-speaking European countries and in Latin America.

While Americans and Brits pronounce the name EE-thun, most other languages follow the pronunciation of its native Hebrew: AY-tahn. International variations include Etan, Izan, and Eitan, from which the name derives.

Ethan Rank in US Top 1000

# 25 in the US

Ethan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 44 on Nameberry

Ethan Popularity

• 25 US 2023
• 44 Nameberry 2024
• 13 Canada 2023
• 93 Future 2028
• 43 England 2022
• 40 Scotland 2023
• 45 Ireland 2023
• 33 Australia 2023
• 24 New Zealand 2023
• 24 France 2023
• 314 Mexico 2021
• 74 Belgium 2023
• 75 Switzerland 2023
• 82 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Ethan

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ethan.

• Nathan
• Caleb
• Owen
• Noah
• Luke
• Elijah
• Jacob
• Evan
• Eli
• Isaac
• Lucas
• Benjamin
• Liam
• James
• Nathaniel
• Alexander
• Daniel
• Elliot
• Andrew
• Jack

Famous People Named Ethan

• Ethan grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:6)
• Ethan son of Kushaiah (1 Chr. 15:17)
• Ethan the Ezrahite Biblical psalmist (Ps. 89)
• Ethan Allen American Revolutionary War hero
• Ethan Jesse Coen American film director and screenwriter
• Ethan Skip Erickson American actor
• Ethan Green Hawke American actor
• Ethan Gregory Peck American actor; grandson of actor Gregory Peck
• Ethan Zohn American soccer player
• Ethan Josh Lee American actor
• Ethan Anthony Couch American so,called "affluenza teen"
• Ethan Edward Minogue Smith son of singer Dannii Minogue
• Ethan Joshua Maher brother of singer/actress Kaitlyn Maher
• Ethan Davison (b. 1996) son of actors Bruce Davison and Lisa Pelikan
• Ethan Ford son of chef Benjamin Ford; grandson of actor Harrison Ford
• Ethan Anka son of singer Paul Anka
• Ethan Page Furlong (b. 2006) son of American actor and musician Edward Furlong
• Ethan Suplee American actor
• Ethan Grant Dolan social media influencer
• Ethan (b. 2016) son of American actor and singer,songwriter Cheyenne Jackson
• Ethan Carter III (b. 1983) American wrestler
• Ethan Klein Youtuber on H3H3 productions; runs H3 Podcast

Ethan in Pop Culture

• Ethan Isaac Gordimer main male character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Delectably British”.
• "Ethan Frome " novel by Edith Wharton
• Ethan Hunt main character in the "Mission: Impossible" series
• Ethan Rom character on TV's "Lost"
• Ethan Chandler (Talbot) character on TV's "Penny Dreadful"
• Ethan Karamakov character on TV's "Dance Academy"
• Ethan Wate character in the "Beautiful Creatures" series
• Ethan Kavanagh character in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series
• Ethan Nakamura character in the "Percy Jackson" series
• Ethan Morgan character in film "My Babysitter's a Vampire"
• Ethan character in "The Here and Now" by Ann Brashares
• Ethan character in "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
• Ethan wolf on TV's "Teen Wolf"
• Ethan Moore character in the "Vampire Academy" series by Richelle Mead
• Ethan Diaz character on TV's "Stuck in the Middle"
• Ethan Edwards character in "The Searchers"
• Ethan protagonist in Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver video games
• Ethan Winters protagonist in the video game "Resident Evil 7"
• Ethan Miller character in the 2015 film "The Night Before"
• Ethan Weston character on TV's "thirtysomething"
• Ethan a vampire in the French online visual novel Moonlight Lovers