Given name
Eoin
“God is gracious”
Eoin shares an earlier linguistic root with John. The traditional meaning is “God is gracious.” It belongs to the Hebrew name Johanan, which predates the shorter English form.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eoin shares an earlier linguistic root with John. The traditional meaning is “God is gracious.” It belongs to the Hebrew name Johanan, which predates the shorter English form.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eoin shares an earlier linguistic root with John. John comes from Hebrew Johanan through the Greek Iōannēs and Latin Johannes. John’s many language forms include Jean, Giovanni, Juan, Johann and Ivan.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Manx usage, Eoin developed from Ἰωάννης. Eoin shares an earlier linguistic root with John. The shared background comes through John: Greek Iōannēs represents a contracted form of Johanan; Latin used Johannes, and English developed John. The different language forms preserve the name family without all sharing the same spelling or pronunciation.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Eoin shares an earlier linguistic root with John. The history of John gives this family its wider story. John the Baptist is associated with baptism in the River Jordan, while John the Apostle is the fisherman and brother of James. Later saints, popes and rulers extended the name’s reach. Christian tradition also identifies the apostle with John the Evangelist, although that identification is debated.
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Eoin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,604
- 1,604 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 75 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #2,810 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,810 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,526 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.
Eoin’s family of names
Eoin shares a linguistic root with John. In Irish usage, Eoin has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Jan. Eoin is a form of John.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eoin has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eoin
- Eoin ColferIrish author of children's books (born 1965)
- Eoin MacNeillIrish politician and scholar (1867-1945)
- Eoin MackenIrish actor, model, author and directorborn 1983
- Eoin O'DuffyIrish political activist, soldier and police commissioner (1890–1944)1892–1944
- Eoin JessScottish footballer (born 1970)
- Eoin MorganIrish-English cricketer (born 1986)
- Eoin HandIrish footballer and managerborn 1946
- Eoin DoyleIrish association football playerborn 1988
- Eoin ReddanIrish rugby union playerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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