Ethan
Ethan means Strong, firm, long-lived.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | International |
| Language | English |
| Starts with | E |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Strong, firm, long-lived”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Chiranjeevi — Meanings families give: Long-lived, immortal; Ever living, immortal
- Imran — Prosperity, long-lived
- Ayushman — Long-lived, blessed with long life
- Chiranjeev — Meanings families give: Immortal, one who lives forever and eternally; Long-lived, immortal
- Chirayu — ‘long-lived’, the vine-palm
- Kush — the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks)
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Where this comes from
Ethan has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.