Ewing (surname)
| Pronunciation | /ˈjuːɪŋ/ YOO-wing |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Scottish English |
| Word/name | Old Gaelic |
| Meaning | "(son of) Eógan" |
| Region of origin | Scotland |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | MacEwen and McEwing Ewan and Ewans Ewen and Ewens Ewin and Ewins Hewin and Hewins Ewings |
| See also | Welsh Owen |
The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an Anglicised form derived from the Gaelic clan name "Clann Eóghain" meaning "Children of Eóghain".[1][2] The forename "Eógan" is thought to derive ultimately from the Greek eugenes (Greek- ευγενής, meaning "noble", literally "well-born").
The earliest known coat of arms in the name Ewing appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566.[3]
Notable people with the surname "Ewing"
Born before 1800
- Alexander Ewing (soldier) (1768 - 1827) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812
- Finis Ewing (1773–1841)
- John Ewing (pastor) (1732–1801), Presbyterian pastor and university president
- John Ewing (1789–1858), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- John Hoge Ewing (1796–1887), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
- Thomas Ewing (1789–1871), U.S. politician
- William Lee D. Ewing (1795–1846), U.S. politician
Born before 1900
- A.C. Ewing (1889–1973), British philosopher
- Alexander Ewing (bishop) (1814–1873), Scottish church leader
- Alexander Ewing (composer) (1830-1895), Scottish composer
- Andrew Ewing (1813–1864), American politician
- Arthur Henry Ewing (1864–1912), Presbyterian missionary and academic
- Bob Ewing (1873–1947), American baseball player
- Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903), Scottish politician
- Clinton L. Ewing (1879–1953), American farmer, businessman, and politician
- Dave Ewing (1881–1952), English footballer
- Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809–1902), American politician
- Emma Pike Ewing (1838-1917), American educator, author
- George Clinton Ewing (1810–1888), American politician and founder of Holyoke, Massachusetts
- George Edwin Ewing (1828–1884), Scottish sculptor
- Henry Ellsworth Ewing (1883-1951), American arachnologist
- J. C. Ewing (fl.1902), American college sports coach
- James Alfred Ewing (1855–1935), physicist and engineer
- James Ewing (1866–1943), pathologist
- John Ewing (1863–1895), professional baseball player
- John D. Ewing (1892–1952), Louisiana journalist; editor, publisher of Shreveport Times, Monroe New-Star-World
- Juliana Horatia Ewing (1842–1885), English children's writer
- Matthew Ewing (1815–1874), American inventor
- Norman Ewing (1870–1928), Australian politician
- Norman Orr-Ewing (1880–1960)
- Robert Ewing (mayor) (1849–1932), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1915–1917
- Buck Ewing (1859–1906), American Major League Baseball player
- Robert Ewing (newspaper publisher) (1859–1931), American newspaper journalist and editor active in Louisiana
- Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet (1818–1893), Scottish politician
- Thomas Ewing (1856–1920), Australian politician
- Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829–1896), U.S. lawyer, general, and politician
Born before 1950
- Diana Ewing (1946– ), American television actress
- Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford (1931–2007), British Politician
- Ian Orr-Ewing (1912–1999), British politician
- James Arthur Ewing (1916– ), 40th Governor of American Samoa
- James Eugene Ewing (1933– )
- John H. Ewing (1918–2012), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate
- Margaret Ewing (1945–2006), Scottish politician, wife of Fergus Ewing
- Maurice Ewing (1906–1974), American geophysicist and oceanographer
- Randy Ewing (1944– ), American politician from Louisiana
- Robert Ewing III (1935–2007), American photographer, grandson of the newspaper publisher
- Rufus Ewing (1942– ), politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Streamline Ewing, born John Ewing (1917–2002), American jazz trombonist
- Thomas W. Ewing (1935– ), US politician
- Winnie Ewing (1929– ), Scottish politician
Born after 1950
- Al Ewing (1977–), British comic writer
- Annabelle Ewing (1960–), Scottish politician, daughter of Winnie Ewing
- Daniel Ewing (1983–), American professional basketball player
- Dan Ewing (1985–), Australian actor
- Fergus Ewing (1957–), Scottish politician, son of Winnie Ewing
- Fyfe Ewing (1970–), Irish drummer
- Garen Ewing (1969–), British comic creator
- Gavin Ewing (1981–), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Larry Ewing, American computer programmer
- Lynne Ewing, American author and a screenwriter
- Marc Ewing (1969-), American developer of the Red Hat brand of software
- Maria Ewing (1950-), American opera singer
- Patrick Ewing (1962-), Jamaica-born American basketball player
- Patrick Ewing, Jr. (1984-), son of Patrick, American basketball player representing Jamaica internationally
- Reid Ewing (1988-), American actor
- Skip Ewing (1964-), American country music singer and songwriter
- Wenika Ewing (1985-), Turks and Caicos fashion model
Fictional characters
Dallas
The surname was used for the central Ewing family in the American primetime soap operas Dallas, as well as its 2012 revival and its spin-off Knots Landing. Listed below are characters who used that surname from all three series'.
- Abby Ewing
- April Stevens Ewing
- Amanda Lewis Ewing
- Ann Ewing
- Betsy Ewing
- Bobby Ewing
- Bobby Ewing II
- Cally Harper Ewing
- Christopher Ewing
- (Miss) Ellie Ewing Farlow
- Gary Ewing
- Jack Ewing
- Jamie Ewing Barnes
- Jason Ewing
- Jock Ewing
- John Ross Ewing III
- J.R. Ewing
- Leander Ewing
- Lucy Ewing
- Nancy Shaw Ewing
- Pam Ewing
- Pamela Rebecca Ewing
- Sue Ellen Ewing
- Valene Ewing
See also
- Clan Ewing
- Ewing (disambiguation)
- Orr-Ewing Baronets
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson I
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson II
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson III
- William Euing, whose surname was occasionally spelled Ewing
References
- Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (page 158, by P. H. Reaney, revised by R. M. Wilson, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-280663-7)
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