Haidan unfolds upon the tongue like a rising sun over terra firma, its Gaelic roots (Aodhán, “little fire”) conjoined with the pastoral echo of Hayden (“hay hill”) to conjure an alchemy of elemental warmth and bucolic grace. Rarer than a mid-summer aurora yet steadily gathering admirers, it charted a gentle ascent on American birth charts—twelve small sparks in 2010 at rank 875, twined upward from six in 2008—signaling a chorus of parents drawn to its spirited resonance. Each utterance of Haidan carries an invitation to dance with ignis at dawn, to wander sunlit prairies, and to pen an odyssey of fresh beginnings that feels both anciently rooted and dazzlingly new, with a playful nod to the dynamism that lies at its heart.