Euan
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| Pronunciation | /ˈjuːən/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Pictish |
| Meaning | Born of the yew |
| Region of origin | Scotland, Canada |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ewan, Ewen, Eoghan, Ivan, Owen |
Euan, Ewen or Ewan is a male given name, most common throughout Scotland and Canada, due to the influence of Scots in that country. It is a derivative of the Pictish name, Vuen (or 'Wen'), which is the Pictish British cognate of Eoghan in Gaelic.[1] It is also, less commonly, a surname.
It is said to mean "born of the yew (tree)"[2] and is also associated loosely with the Scottish god of the glen. In Gaelic etymology, Euan implies a plethoric (red-faced) individual.
Owen is the predominant Welsh spelling of the name, but Iwan and Iuan are also found, as they are in Cornish. Ouen can be considered the French or Breton spelling of the name.
Euan is also a Latin word meaning Bachus.[3]
People
In the arts & media
- Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
- Ewan Christian, British architect
- Ewan Dobson, Canadian guitarist
- Euan Heng, Scottish painter
- Euan Kerr, editor of The Beano
- Euan Lloyd, British film producer
- Euan MacLeod, New Zealand painter
- Euan Mason, associate professor at the University of Canterbury
- Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
- Euan McLelland, Scottish journalist
- Euan Morton, singer and actor
- Euan Uglow, English painter
- Euan MacNeill, Scottish Modern Historian
In sports
- Euan Burton, British judoka
- Euan Byers, Scottish curler
- Euan Dale, Scottish swimmer
- Euan Henderson, Scottish snooker player
- Euan McLean, Scottish footballer
- Euan Murray, Scottish rugby union footballer
- Ewan McGrady, Australian rugby league footballer
In politics
- Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes, peer and politician
- Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, British politician
- Euan McLeod, member of the Scottish Labour Party
- Euan Robson, Scottish Liberal Democrats politician
- Euan Wallace, British Conservative politician
- Ewan Anderson, expert on geopolitics, economic and social geography
In business
- Euan Sutherland, CEO Co-operative Group
Fictional characters
- Euan Abercrombie, minor character from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Ewan, a character from the TV series Merlin Season 1 Episode 2
- Ewan O'Hara, Juliet O'Hara's brother on the TV series Psych
- Euan Pierce, the lead character from the TV series Off Centre
See also
Notes
- ^ From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007
- ^ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh agus Maguire, Fidelma. Irish Names (1981, 1990). 87-88.
- ^ http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=euan
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