| Pronunciation | /ˈjuːən/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Scottish, Pictish |
| Meaning | Youth, Born of the Yew Tree, Born of Mountain |
| Region of origin | Scotland |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | John |
| Related names | Ewan, Euan, Eòghann, John, Owen |
Ewen is a male given name, most common throughout Scotland as well as Canada, due to the immigration of Scottish people. It is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name, Eòghann. It is possibly a derivative of the Pictish name, Uuen (or 'Wen'), "born of the mountain." Ewen or Ewan is also a Scottish surname, as in Clan MacEwen.
Ewen is also a Breton male given name, an alternative form of Erwan, the patron saint of Brittany. Owen is the predominant Welsh variation of the name. Ouen can be considered the French version of the name. The English equivalent of the name is John.
Other spellings of the name are Euan and Ewan.
Euan is a Latin word meaning Bacchus.
Variations
| Old Irish | Modern Irish | Welsh | Scottish Gaelic | Scottish English and Breton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éoġan | Eóghan | Owain | Eòghann | Ewen |
People with this given name
- Ewen Alison, New Zealand politician
- Ewen Bain, a Scottish cartoonist
- Ewen Bremner, a Scottish actor
- Ewen Cameron, British banking magnate
- Ewen Cameron, Australian politician
- Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, a Scottish highland chieftain
- Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, member of the British House of Lords
- Ewen Chatfield, a cricketer
- Ewen Fergusson, British diplomat
- Ewen Gillies (born 1825), serial emigrant from St. Kilda, Scotland
- Ewen Henderson, English ceramic artist
- Ewen Leslie, an Australian actor
- Ewen MacDougall, a Scottish nobleman
- Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour, British peer
- Ewen MacIntosh (1973-2024), British actor
- Ewen McKenzie, an Australian rugby player
- Ewen McQueen, a New Zealand Christian leader
- Ewen Neil McQueen, Australian educational innovator
- Ewen Montagu, a British judge, writer and intelligence officer
- Ewen Ratteray, Bishop of Bermuda
- Ewen Solon, a New Zealand actor
- Ewen Southby-Tailyour, British Royal Marine
- Ewen Thompson, a New Zealand cricketer
- Ewen Vernal, a Scottish musician
- Ewen Whitaker, British astronomer
People with this surname
- Colin J. Ewen, linguist
- Ettore Ewen, better known as Big E (Langston), an American professional wrestler
- Frederic Ewen, an English professor
- Harold Irving Ewen (1922–2015), American radio astronomer
- Jade Ewen, a British singer and Eurovision contestant in 2009
- Paterson Ewen, a Canadian painter
- Stuart Ewen, an American historian
- Todd Ewen, a Canadian ice hockey player
- William Ewen, former Governor of Georgia, United States
- Patrik Ewen [fr], Breton story-teller and musician
See also
References
- From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007
- "Latin Word Lookup".
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