Aidenn is the Arabic word for Paradise; one might consider its similarity to the word Eden (like the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament of the Bible), a word that also refers to Paradise.
The narrator of the poem refers to Aidenn because he is asking the raven, who he suspects is a messenger from or prophet of death, if there is any chance that he will again see his lost love, Lenore, in the afterlife, in Heaven (or Paradise). The raven, of course, replies to this question in the same way that he replies to all of the narrator's questions, with "'Nevermore.'" And it is at this point that the narrator becomes enraged and attempts to eject the raven from his room, although the raven will not leave.
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