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Yanis is Hebrew.




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[edit] Notable Ians Facts??

"Ian is having a party on the eve of October 10 <- what is this? am i missing something? I don't get it. Highwind 02:27, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


include Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull?


Ian is a good name in england but uncommon in the usa

That doesn't make it any less "good". Besides, I've known several Ians in the U.S. Dismas|(talk) 13:50, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


you cant mention Ian without the world famous chicken wing/chug a pitcher contest winning Ian (Heavy-D)Hopwood

[edit] Ian Maxtone-Graham

ian maxtone-graham is not a fictional character

Yes, he is. Played by Eric Idle. Dismas|(talk) 22:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronounciation

I'm not a native English speaker and I never know - what is the correct pronounciation of "Ian"? (I've heard like 3 versions...) thanx...

The pronounciation is E-in for Ian Anderson, Ian Fleming, Ian McDiarmid, Ian McKellen, and Ian Holm. As far as I know, this is the "correct" way to say it. The only other way that I've heard is I-an and the only person I've heard of pronouncing it this way is Ian Ziering. Dismas|(talk) 13:50, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move

I moved the page cause i thought it seemed a bit one sided having just 'Ian' as the title.--Sparhelda 00:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I suggest moving back to Ian as per MOS:NAME. We should decide which is the most common name and have other names redirecting there. --Yury Petrachenko 12:54, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

julia mcgregor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.234.202.252 (talk) 20:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] short for Octavian.

People could always start using old Roman names like 'Octavian' for their children and begin the trend of calling them "Ian" for short. That'd make things interesting by diversifying the variant etymologies. 67.5.156.47 (talk) 09:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)