Given name & surname
Ewen
“the little swift one”
Ewen is a variant of Euan. One interpretation is “the little swift one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ewen is a variant of Euan. One interpretation is “the little swift one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ewen is a form of Ewan. Ewan comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ewen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 206
- 206 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,090 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +72%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,090 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 285 as a first name in 2020; 1,827 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.
Ewen’s family of names
In English usage, Ewen has a related form in Ewan. Ewen has a related form in Euan. In German usage, Ewen as a surname has a related form in EWE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ewen
- Ewen BremnerScottish actorborn 1972
- Ewen MontaguBritish intelligence analyst (1901–1985)
- Ewen CostiouFrench cyclistborn 2002
- Ewen WhitakerBritish astronomer1922–2016
- Ewen FernandezFrench speed skaterborn 1989
- Ewen MacAskillScottish journalist (born 1951)born 1952
- Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand cricketerborn 1950
- Ewen JaouenFrench footballerborn 2005
- Ewen MacIntoshBritish actor (1973–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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