| Home > Eoghan |
♂ Eoghan
What does Eoghan mean?
Eoghan 
as a boys' name is pronounced YEW-en, YO-wen. It is of Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Eoghan is "born of yew". Derived from iúr meaning "yew tree". Also possibly means "youth" or "noble". In Irish legend, Eóghan was the name of one of the two sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages (the other was Conall). Anglicized forms of the name are Ewan, Euan, Owen and Eugene. The Irish area of County Tyrone comes from this name, for in Irish it is Tir Eoghain, meaning "land of Eoghan".
ENDS WITH -han
Variations
RELATED FORMS VIA CONALL, EUAN, EUGENE, EWAN, NIALL, OWEN, TYRONE Euan, Eugen, Evan, Ewan
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Eoghan Josh (E.J.), ..
How popular is Eoghan?
Eoghan is an uncommonly occurring given name for males. Eoghan is an unusual last name too for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Eoghan reached its highest position of #39 in Ireland in the year 2009, and is at #77 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Owen (#25 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Evan (#86), Hugh (#806), Eugene (#862), Tyrone (#1114), Ewan (#1603), Niall (#1667), Eoin, Euan and Jevon are the popular varying forms of Eoghan. Adoption of these forms of Eoghan was widespread among parents a decade ago (AVERAGE #1249) and is almost as widespread today (#1287, ▼18%), but with forms such as Hugh becoming somewhat outmoded. Owen is the most fashionable name for newborns here.
Similar Names
Eoghan is pronounced similarly to Eagan, Egan, Egann and Egon. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bogdan, Bohdan, Cathan, Chan, Colan, Coyan, Dathan, Donnan, Doran, Dougan, Douggan (see Dugan), Dowan, Duggan, Eachan, Eachann, Eagen, Ean, Edan, Ednan, Efran, Ehsan, Eian, Elan, Elgar, Elgin, Elian▲, Eliran, Elkan, Elman, Eltman, Eman, Ephah, Eran, Erman, Etan, Ethan, Fagan, Feggan, Gahan, Gobban, Gordan, Gorman, Haggan, Hogan, Johan▲, Jovan, Kagan, Keeghan, Kegan, Logan▲, Loman, Lorcan, Lowman, Mochan, Nolan▲, Pagan, Regan, Roan, Rogan, Rohan▲, Rollan, Roman▲, Roshan, Rowan▲, Sagan, Sohan, Toran, Torean, Vaughan, Youman and Zephan. These names tend to be more commonly used than Eoghan.
See names in meaning and etymology.[Top]