Given name
Eoghan
“the little swift one”
Eoghan is a variant of Euan. One interpretation is “the little swift one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eoghan is a variant of Euan. One interpretation is “the little swift one.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eoghan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 507
- 507 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,087 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,087 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 453 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eoghan’s family of names
In Irish usage, Eoghan shares a linguistic root with the Scottish Gaelic form Eòghann. In Irish usage, Eoghan has a conventional equivalent in the German form Eugen. Eoghan has a related form in Euan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eoghan has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
People named Eoghan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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