Eytan

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Variant transcription of EITAN.

EITAN   male   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ETHAN.
ETHAN   male   English, Jewish, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name אֵיתָן ('Eitan) meaning "solid, enduring, firm". In the Old Testament this name is borne by a few minor characters, including the wise man Ethan the Ezrahite, supposedly the author of Psalm 89.

After the Protestant Reformation it was occasionally used as a given name in the English-speaking world, and it became somewhat common in America due to the fame of the revolutionary Ethan Allen (1738-1789). It only became popular towards the end of the 20th century. It is the name of the main character in Edith Wharton's novel 'Ethan Frome' (1911), about a man in love with his wife's cousin.
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Aithan
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Eitan
BIBLICAL LATIN: Ethan
BIBLICAL: Ethan
ENGLISH: Ethan
FRENCH: Ethan
HEBREW: Eitan
JEWISH: Ethan