Etan (or Eitan, Eytan in Hebrew) is a male given name meaning steadfast, strong, firm, and safe, and may also refer to:
People
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Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer (born 1950) is an American writer of children’s literature who is best known for his book ''What is God?'' first published in 1989. His best selling ''What is?'' illustrated children's book series on character education and diffi ...
(born 1950), American author
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Etan Cohen (born 1974), American screenwriter
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Etan Frankel, American playwright, television writer, and producer
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Etan Ilfeld, British entrepreneur
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Etan Mintz, American rabbi, activist, and writer
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Etan Patz
Etan Kalil Patz (; October 9, 1972May 25, 1979) was a six-year-old American boy who disappeared on May 25, 1979, on his way to his school bus stop in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. His disappearance helped launch the missing children ...
(1972–unknown; legally dead 2001), American disappeared person
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Etan Thomas (born 1978), American basketball player
Other uses
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Etan, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province
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ETAN, the acronym of the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network
See also
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Eitan (disambiguation) Eitan () or Eytan is the Hebrew source of the male given name Ethan (given name), Ethan, and roughly translates to "strength" or "firm".
Eitan may also refer to:
People
Biblical figure
*Ethan the Ezrahite, Eitan the Ezrahite, the author of Psal ...
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Ethan (disambiguation)
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Modern names of Hebrew origin