Scotsman's name.

The answer

IAN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IAN answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1962; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ALEC (8 uses in xd)
• FERGUS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by IAN, most used first.

• Author Fleming - used 275 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor McKellen - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Fleming - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• 007 creator Fleming - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "At Seventeen" singer Janis - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Golfer Woosnam - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer Janis - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
• Fleming - used 45 times, most recently in 1999
• McKellen of "X-Men" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Holm - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Bond creator Fleming - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish John - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• James Bond creator Fleming - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor McShane - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist Fleming - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Swimmer Thorpe - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• James' creator - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• "Atonement" author McEwan - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• McKellen who played Gandalf - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming who created James Bond - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Society's Child" singer Janis - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist McEwan - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Olympic swimmer Thorpe - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Vampire Diaries" actor Somerhalder - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming who created 007 - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Holm of "The Hobbit" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• McKellen of "The Hobbit" - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Actor Ziering of the "Sharknado" films - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Author McEwan - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Gandalf portrayer McKellen - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• James's creator - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
• John, in Scotland - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Publisher Ballantine - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Scottish name. - used 13 times, most recently in 1971
• Fleming of fiction - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming or Hunter - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Gaelic name. - used 12 times, most recently in 1969
• Man's name. - used 12 times, most recently in 1967
• Somerhalder of "The Vampire Diaries" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• McKellen of "Gods and Monsters" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish form of John - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Ziering of "Sharknado" - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Actor Hunter. - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
• Actor McKellen who plays Magneto in the "X-Men" films - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Ziering - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "American Gods" actor McShane - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Anderson of Jethro Tull - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Bond's Fleming - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Deadwood" actor McShane - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Jethro Tull's Anderson - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• McKellen of "The Lord of the Rings" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• McShane of "Deadwood" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "At Seventeen" singer - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• McKellen of movies - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Spy novelist Fleming - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Swimmer Thorpe with five Olympic gold medals - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "X-Men" actor McKellen - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Actor Somerhalder - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Atonement" novelist McEwan - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Auric's creator - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Bond novelist Fleming - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleming who created Bond - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Gaelic John - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Holm of "Chariots of Fire" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• McEwan or McKellen - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• McShane of "American Gods" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Sir McKellen - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Somerhalder of "The Vampire Diaries" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Golfer Baker-Finch - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Knighted actor McKellen - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• McKellen or McShane - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Mr. Fleming - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Suffix with "Christ" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pen name - BIC, used 178 times
• Maiden name preceder - NEE, used 116 times
• Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
• Common street name - ELM, used 85 times
• "The Name of the Rose" author - ECO, used 77 times
• Maiden name label - NEE, used 71 times

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