Aden (name)

Aden (Aadan, عَدَنْ, 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