Ewen
| Pronunciation | /ˈjuːən/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Pictish |
| Meaning | Born of Mountain |
| Region of origin | Scotland, Canada |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ewan, Euan, Eoghan, Ivan, 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, Vuen (or 'Wen'), "born of the mountain."[1] Ewen or Ewan is also a Scottish surname, as in Clan MacEwen.
Owen is the predominant Welsh variation of the name, but Iwan and Iuan are also found, as they are in Cornish) as well. Ouen can be considered the French or Breton version of the name.
Euan is a Latin word meaning Bacchus.[2]
Variations
| Old Irish | Modern Irish | Welsh | Scottish Gaelic | Scottish English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éoġan | Eóghan | Owen | Eoghan | 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 Henderson, English ceramic artist
- Ewen Leslie, an Australian actor
- Ewen MacDougall, a Scottish nobleman
- Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour, British peer
- 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
- Ettore Ewen, better known as Big E (Langston), an American professional wrestler
- Frederic Ewen, an English professor
- 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
See also
References
- ^ From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007
- ^ http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=euan
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