Given name · also Irish

Éamann

Éamann is a masculine given name from Middle Irish, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Irish.

Original IrishEudhmonn

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Éamann comes from Middle Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle Irish Éadmonn, from Old English Ēadmund, from Proto-West Germanic *Audamundu, from Proto-Germanic *Audamunduz, built from Old English ēad + mund.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Éamann’s family of names

In Irish usage, Éamann has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Eduardo. In Irish usage, Éamann has a related form in Eudhmonn. In Irish usage, Éamann has a related form in Eudhmonn.

Walk Éamann’s family in the name graph

ÉamannEamannÉamonnEudhmonnÉadhmonnEduardoEdmund

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Éamann has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

IrishEnglishProto-Germanic

6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Éamann, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Heahstan

“high” · “stone”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Aldmann

“old, wise” · “man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Æþelstan

“noble” · “stone”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Ealhmund

“sanctuary” · “protector”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Eanmund

“protector, protection”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Weimann

“battle” · “man”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Eadwine

“happiness, prosperity” · “friend”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Eadnoþ

“wealth, riches” · “bold, daring”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Éamann’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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