Ethan

Hebrew

"strong, firm"

Updated Wed Apr 09 2025

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.

# 25 in the US

Ethan Rank in US Top 1000

# 59 on Nameberry

Ethan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Ethan

25US2023
59Nameberry2025
13Canada2023
62Future2035
47England2023
54Scotland2024
52Ireland2024
35Australia2024
25New Zealand2024
24France2023
314Mexico2021
74Belgium2023
75Switzerland2023
82Chile2021

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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

The name 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