Euan

Euan is a Scottish, male given name, most common throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, due to the influence of Scots in both nations. 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.

Euan
Pronunciation/ˈjuːən/
GenderMale
Origin
Word/namePictish
MeaningBorn of the Mountain, Noble Born
Region of originScotland
Other names
Related namesEwan, Ewen, Eoghan, Iwan, Owen

The name Euan comes from Greek and Hebrew: "Iōannēs" (Ἰωάννης) (New Testament in Greek: St. John's Gospel Ευαγγέλιο του Αγίου Ιωάννη) which in turn comes from the Hebrew "Yochanan", God is gracious. The English equivalent of the name is "John", but the Scottish "Euan" is very close in sound to the original Greek.

Owain is the predominant Welsh spelling of the name (or Owen when Anglicized), 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 Bacchus.[2]

People with the given name

In the arts and media
  • Euan Heng (born 1945), Scottish painter
  • Euan Kerr, editor of The Beano
  • Euan Lloyd (1923–2016), British film producer
  • Euan MacLeod (born 1956), New Zealand painter
  • Euan Morton (born 1977), Scottish singer and actor
  • Euan Uglow (1932–2000), English painter

In sports
  • Euan Aitken (born 1995), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Euan Burton (born 1979), British judoka
  • Euan Byers (born 1974), Scottish curler
  • Euan Dale (born 1985), Scottish swimmer
  • Euan Henderson (born 1967), Scottish snooker player
  • Euan McLean (born 1986), Scottish footballer
  • Euan Norris (born 1977), Scottish football referee
  • Euan Murray (born 1980), Scottish rugby union footballer
  • Euan Dirk van de Grift, (born 4 jun 2005) dutch football talent

In politics

In other fields

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See also

References
  1. From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007
  2. "Latin Word Lookup". www.archives.nd.edu.
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