Given name · also Irish
Eòghann
“yew-born”
Eòghann is a masculine given name from Middle Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Original IrishEoghan
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eòghann goes back to Proto-Celtic *Iwogenos, meaning “yew-born.”
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Where it comes from
Eòghann comes from Middle Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle Irish Eógan, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚃᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *Iwogenos (“yew-born”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
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Eòghann’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Eòghann shares a linguistic root with the Irish form Eoghan. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Eòghann has a related form in Eobhan. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Eòghann has a related form in Eoghan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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