What is the history of the first name Aidan?

Question: What is the history of the first name Aidan!?
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Aidan: First name
Irish: meaning: Warm

First name variations: Aden, Adin, Adian, Aiden, Aedan, Adan!.

St!.Aidan was an Irishman, possibly born in Connacht, he was a monk at the monastery on the Island of Iona in Scotland!. Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, the Apostle of Northumbria (died 651), was the founder and first bishop of the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in England!. A Christian missionary, he is credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria!.
Aidan is the anglified form of the original Old Irish áedán!.
In 2008 he has been proposed as a possible patron saint of the United Kingdom!.
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An Irish saint, Saint Aidan!.Www@QuestionHome@Com