Ewing (surname)

Ewing
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
Victor R. Ewing (1946- ), American City Manager, son of Chauncy Ewing and grandson of Etta Ewing.

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
[[Michael Ewing

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'.

References

^ Ewing on Surnamedb.com
^ Ewing on Goireland.com
^ Stodart, Robert R. 1881, Scottish Arms, Edinburgh, William Paterson.

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)

External links

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[1] Ewing on Surnamedb.com

[2] Ewing on Goireland.com

[3] Stodart, Robert R. 1881, Scottish Arms, Edinburgh, William Paterson.

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