# Ethan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈiːθən/ · frequency rank #11,206

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
2. A town in South Dakota, United States.

## Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”).

## Easily confused with
- **Evan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-evan)
- **Eton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-eton)
- **Ewan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ewan)
- **Etta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-etta)
- **Etna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-etna)
- **ethic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ethic)
- **ether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ether)
- **Ethel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ethel)
- **ethos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ethos)
- **ethyl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ethyl)
- **Etihad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-etihad)
- **ethanol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethan-vs-ethanol)
- **eta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eta-vs-ethan)
- **eth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eth-vs-ethan)
- **Egan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egan-vs-ethan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ehtan`, `etahn`, `ethann`, `ethhan`, `ethna`, `etthan`, `tehan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ethan