Aden (name)

Aden

Pronunciation	/ˈɑːdɛn/ AH-den
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic, Somali, Hebrew

Aden (Somali: Aadan, Arabic: عَدَنْ, Hebrew: אדן) is an Arabic, Hebrew male name, used most commonly in Somalia. It can also be a surname.

Given name

• Aden Adde (1908–2007), Somali politician and first president of the Somali Republic
• Aden Isaq Ahmed (born 1923, unknown death date), Somali politician
• Aden Mohamed Ali (born 1939), Somali politician
• Aden Robleh Awaleh, (1941–2014), Djiboutian politician
• Aden Hashi Farah Ayro (died 2008), Somalian military commander
• Aden Baldwin (born 1997), English footballer
• Aden Chambers (born 1983), American wrestler
• Aden Charmakeh (born 1984), Djiboutian footballer
• Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (1908–2007), first president of Somalia
• Aden Duale (born 1969), Somali-Kenyan politician
• Aden Durde (born 1980), American football player and coach
• Aden Hashi Farah (died 2008), Somali military commander
• Aden Flint (born 1989), English football defender
• Aden Gillett (born 1958), British actor
• Aden Sh. Hassan, Djiboutian diplomat
• Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi (born 1978), Somali politician and author
• Aden Holloway (born 2004), American basketball player
• Aden Kirk (born 1992), English darts player
• Aden Madobe (born 1956), Somalian politician
• Aden Meinel (1922–2011), American astronomer
• Aden Abdullahi Nur (died 2002), Somali politician and military general
• Aden Ridgeway (born 1962), Australian politician
• Aden Farah Samatar (born 1943), Djiboutian songwriter, composer, poet, and singer
• Aden Saran-Sor, Somali warlord
• Aden Sugow, Kenyan politician
• Aden Tutton (born 1984), Australian volleyball player
• Aden Young (born 1972), Canadian-Australian actor

Fictional characters

• Aden Jefferies, a character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away

Surname

• Amal Aden (born 1983), Somali-Norwegian writer
• Faisal Aden (born 1989), Somali basketball player
• Holger Aden (born 1965), German football forward
• Ibrahim Mohamed Aden (born 1972), Somali-American middle-distance runner
• Omar Hashi Aden (died 2009), Somali politician
• Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden (born c. 1946), Somali politician

Both

• Aden Ali Aden (born 1988), Qatari footballer