|
Aidan (name)
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish Gaelic, Irish male given name ''Aodhán''. The Irish language female equivalent is ''Aodhnait''. Etymology and spelling The name is derived from the name ''Aodhán'', which is a pet form of ''Aodh (given name), Aodh''. The personal name ''Aodh'' means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed (god), Aed). Formerly common only in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the name and its variants have become popular in England, the United States, Canada, and Australia. In the 2010s, ''Aiden'' rose to the 13th most popular name in the United States as the given name of 129,433 boys, while ''Aidan'' ranked 156th as the given name of 25,399 boys. In the 2000s, ''Aiden'' was 54th most popular name in the United States as the given name of 83,527 boys while ''Aidan'' ranked 55th having been bestowed on 76,493 boys. Other variants are less popular, such as ''Hayden'' 87th, ''Ayden'' 156th, ''Aden'' 333 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Banks
Longview were a British indie rock band from Manchester, England. History Its members were chief songwriter Rob McVey, guitarist Doug Morch, bassist Aidan Banks and drummer Francesco Mendolia. Original drummer Matt Dabbs left the band for family reasons during 2007. German electronic musician and record producer Ulrich Schnauss joined the band between 2005 and 2010 but left to concentrate on various other projects. The band formed in Manchester in 2002, and built its reputation with several appearances at The Night and Day Café. Longview subsequently signed to 14th Floor Recordings. Their only album, '' Mercury'', was released in July 2003. Several singles were released from the album including their best known song, "Further", which featured on '' One Tree Hill'' and in commercials for the US Open. Notable other releases included a cover of Depeche Mode's " Stripped" which was only available as a digital download or on limited edition vinyl, and "In a Dream". The band w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden Dillard
Aiden Dillard is an American independent film director and artist. He is known for using surreal humor and camp (style) within the confines of low-budget film. Aiden Dillard was born in Escondido, California, but grew up in Durham, North Carolina. Aiden Dillard's feature films and video art often deals with contrasts between a rural and urban area, and high culture and low culture. While studying at Cooper Union in New York City on a full-tuition scholarship, his student film " The Battle of the Burps and Farts" was screened at TromaDance 2004; it was the only film in the history of the festival that was booed by everybody in attendance. Upon graduation Aiden Dillard directed an outrageous psychedelic spoof of " Reefer Madness", titled " Meat Weed Madness", which featured set decoration by Joe Holtzman, the editor-in-chief of Nest (magazine), and crudely constructed props and stop-motion animation. " Meat Weed Madness" premièred at the Wolfsonian-FIU in December 2005 duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Devine
Aidan Devine is an English–Canadian film actor. Early life Devine was born in England and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 15. He studied at Dawson College's Dome Theatre in Montreal, Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ... and began his acting career in Montreal. He would later relocate to Toronto, Ontario. Career His 1993 breakout role came in Denys Arcand's, '' Love and Human Remains''. Since then he has worked steadily in Canadian and American television and cinema capturing two Gemini Awards; a best actor award in 1997 for his performance as Ted Lindsay in '' Net Worth'' and in 1998, a best supporting actor Gemini for his performance as airframe engineer, Jim Chamberlin in '' The Arrow''. He has been nominated three other times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Davis
Aidan Davis (born 23 March 1997) is an English street dancer, rapper, and television host. In 2009, he reached the final of the third series of the ITV talent show '' Britain's Got Talent''. He finished fifth place overall and later that year he toured the United Kingdom, making live performances with the series' other finalists. Davis has made numerous performances since ''Britain's Got Talent'', including the 'Diversitoys' tour with Diversity, and as a presenter on the Friday Download show on CBBC. In 2012 Aidan made his first music video, "Let's Dance", which featured Jon Dos. History ''Britain's Got Talent'': 2009 In May 2009, Davis auditioned for the third series of the ITV television talent show '' Britain's Got Talent''. In his audition he performed to Flo Rida's " Low". He received positive comments from all three judges, with Simon Cowell saying "I think you're better than any dancer on this show, you are super, super, super talented". He received three yesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan J
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name ''Aodhán''. The Irish language female equivalent is ''Aodhnait''. Etymology and spelling The name is derived from the name ''Aodhán'', which is a pet form of '' Aodh''. The personal name ''Aodh'' means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed). Formerly common only in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the name and its variants have become popular in England, the United States, Canada, and Australia. In the 2010s, ''Aiden'' rose to the 13th most popular name in the United States as the given name of 129,433 boys, while ''Aidan'' ranked 156th as the given name of 25,399 boys. In the 2000s, ''Aiden'' was 54th most popular name in the United States as the given name of 83,527 boys while ''Aidan'' ranked 55th having been bestowed on 76,493 boys. Other variants are less popular, such as ''Hayden'' 87th, ''Ayden'' 156th, ''Aden'' 333rd, ''Aydan'' 808th, and ''Aydin'' 960t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden Curtiss
Aiden Deborah A. H. Curtiss (born February 14, 1998) is a British-American fashion model. Early life Curtiss was born in London, England, to Guinean-born model Katoucha Niane and menswear designer Nigel Curtiss. She moved to New York when she was 9. She is the stepdaughter of Victoria's Secret EVP of Public Relations Monica Mitro. Career Curtiss has modeled for Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ..., Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, Dolce and Gabbana, Fendi, Balmain, Versace, Zuhair Murad, Roland Mouret, Thom Browne, Off-White, Anna Sui, Missoni, Prabal Gurung, and Bottega Veneta. She has appeared in editorials for Vogue Italia, Vogue Japan, and Vogue Holland. In 2017, for the first time she walked in the Victoria's Secret Fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Cooney
Aidan Cooney is an Irish radio presenter. He was a presenter of '' Ireland AM'' on TV3 from 1999 to 2018. He has since began hosting a weekday show on Q102, called Q Breakfast from 7am to 10am. Ireland AM Cooney joined the Ireland AM team in 1999 for its first broadcast. He anchored the sports bulletins in between running in and out of the studio kitchen where he interviewed various chefs and also helped preparing the food. Cooney took part in a “Eat less, move more” three month challenge on ''Ireland AM'' designed to make him lose part his excess weight, he also underwent laboratory tests. In 2010, Cooney spoke to Paul Galvin in his first full interview since Galvin was given an eight-week ban from the CCCC. In 2018, Cooney was absent for several weeks from the show, before it was later confirmed that he had parted ways with the show. Presenter Mark Cagney, who departed the programme in 2019, paid tribute to Cooney on his last show saying that Cooney "was a integral p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Connolly (fiddler)
Aidan Connolly (; born 1991) is an Irish fiddler and teacher from Dublin. Connolly is known for his unique style of fiddle playing and is a highly sought-after performer both in Ireland and abroad. He has been described by musician Cormac Begley as "one of the best musicians in his generation" and by others as "a leading fiddle player of the current wave of great Irish Traditional music". Early life Connolly was born into a musical family in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland. He was originally introduced to traditional Irish music by his mother Eileen, a tin whistle player and native of County Kerry, and his uncle Con Moynihan, a fiddle player. His parents bought him his first fiddle for his 8th birthday and he was enrolled at the Craobh Naithí branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, which was then based in Ballinteer (now in Knocklyon). At Craobh Naithí, Connolly had a number of teachers including Brendan Needham, Claire Walsh and Mary O’Halloran. He attended regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Coleman (poet)
Aidan Coleman (born 1976) is an Australian poet and speechwriter. Background Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, Aidan Coleman grew up in Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ..., England, and emigrated to Australia when he was eight. He studied at the University of Adelaide, and taught secondary English and History for a number of years before becoming a speechwriter. His poetry collections have been shortlisted for the NSW Premiers' Kenneth Slessor Prize, the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards. Bibliography Poetry (chapbooks) ''The Main North Road'' – Vagabond Press, 2002 ''Sun in Winter'' – Picaro Press, 2010 Poetry (full collections) ''Avenues & Runways'' – Brandl & Schlesinger, 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Coffey
Aidan Coffey is an Irish traditional accordionist from County Waterford (Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...).The Rough Guide to Irish Music, Rough Guides He recorded with Irish traditional fiddle players Seamus Creagh and Frankie Gavin and with accompanists Mick Daly, Seán Ó Loingsigh, Alec Finn and Arty McGlynn and he was a member of the traditional band De Dannan from 1988 to 1995. Discography ;Albums *''The Corner House Set'' *''Dublin to Donegal'' *''Island to Island with Seamus Creagh'' *''How the West was Won'' (De Dannan) *''Seamus Creagh and Aidan Coffey'' *''The Irish Drum'' (Colm Murphy) *''Ireland Treasures of Irish Music'' (Various) *''Irlande'' with Frankie Gavin and Arty McGlynn *''Half Set in Harlem'' with De Dannan *''Jacket of Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Chambers
Aidan Chambers (27 December 1934 – 11 May 2025) was a British author of children's and young-adult novels. He won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for '' Postcards from No Man's Land'' (1999). For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002. Biography Born near Chester-le-Street, County Durham in 1934, Chambers was an only child, and a poor scholar; considered "slow" by his teachers, he did not learn to read fluently until the age of nine. After two years in the Royal Navy as part of his national service, Chambers trained as a teacher and taught for three years at Westcliff High School in Southend-on-Sea before joining an Anglican monastery in Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1960. His young-adult novel ''Now I Know'' (1987) is based partly on his experiences as a monk. His first plays, including ''Johnny Salter'' (1966), ''The Car'' and ''The Chicken Run'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
