Given name & surname · also American
Egan
“a wholesome woman”·“a little flame; one who is fiery”
Egan is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a wholesome woman” (American) and “a little flame; one who is fiery”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a wholesome woman” (American) and “a little flame; one who is fiery”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Egan developed from Áedacán.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Egan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,268
- 1,219 boys · 49 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,068 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,068 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 49 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,164 as a first name in 2020; 22,300 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Egan’s family of names
Egan shares a linguistic root with Iagan. Egan has a related form in Egon. Egan is an English adaptation of Aogan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Egan has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Keeganvariant · English
- Eaganvariant · English
- Aganvariant · English
- Egonvariant
- Egganlikely variant
- Heekinvariant · English
- Eakinvariant · English
- Eghannvariant
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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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Egan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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