Eoin

Eoin (pronounced [oːnʲ], similar to "Owen" in American English) is a masculine Irish-language given name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is Eòin (pronounced [jɔːɲ]) and both are closely related to the Welsh Ioan. It is also cognate with the Irish Seán and English John. In the Irish language, it is the name used for all Biblical figures known as John in English, including John the Baptist and John the Apostle.

Eoin/Eòin are different names from Eoghan/Eòghan. The Old Irish name Eógan is generally considered to be a derivation of the Greek and Latin name Eugenes, meaning "noble born".^[1]^[2]^[3]

Political figures

Eoin an Ile or John of Islay, Earl of Ross, in the 15th century
Eoin Ó Broin (born 1972), Irish Sinn Féin politician
Eoin O'Duffy (1890 — 1944), Irish revolutionary, leader of the Blueshirts.
Eoin Mac Neill (1867 — 1945), Irish nationalist politician and scholar.
Eóin Tennyson, Northern Irish politician

Artists

Eoin Colfer, Irish author of the Artemis Fowl series
Eoin McNamee, Irish author
Eoin O'Broin, Irish DJ and producer under the stage name Noisestorm
Eoin O'Keeffe, Irish composer
Eoin Scolard, Irish author
Marcus Eoin Sandison, Scottish musician of the duo Boards of Canada
Eoin McCarthy, Irish actor
Eoin Macken, Irish actor

Sportsmen

Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic footballers

Eoin Bradley, a Derry player
Eoin Brosnan, a three-time All Ireland winning Kerry player
Eoin Cotter, a Cork player
Eoin Donnelly, a Fermanagh player
Eoin Liston, a Kerry Gaelic football legend
Eoin McHugh (born 1994/5), a Donegal player

Hurlers

Eoin Cadogan, a Cork hurler and footballer
Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler), an All-Ireland winning Tipperary player
Eoin Kelly (Waterford hurler), a three-time Munster Championship winning Waterford player
Eoin Larkin, a seven-time All-Ireland winning Kilkenny hurler
Eoin McGrath, a three-time Munster championship winning Waterford hurler
Eoin Murphy, a three-time Munster Championship winning Waterford hurler
Eoin Quigley, a Wexford hurler and former Bohemians soccer player

Soccer players

Eoin Doyle, a Cardiff City player
Eoin Hand, soccer analyst and former manager of the Irish Soccer Team
Eoin Jess, a former Scottish international and Aberdeen player
Eoin Reid, a Celtic reserves player
Eoin Mullen, a Bohemian FC player

Other

Eoin Collins, a former Irish tennis player
Eoin Kennedy, an All-Ireland winning handballer
Eoin Morgan, an Irish cricketer who now represents England
Eoin Murray, an Irish British Touring Car Championship driver
Eoin Reddan, an Irish Rugby international
Eoin Reilly, a junior champion sculler and rower from New Zealand
Eoin Rheinisch, an Irish canoeist
Eoin Ó Siochrú, an Irish motorcyclist
Eoin B. B. Kennelly, an Irish serial killer

Others

Eoin Cameron, an Australian radio personality
Eóin Mac Suibhne, fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman
Eoin Macken, Irish actor and model
Eoin McKiernan, an academic in the field of Irish Studies
Eoin McLove, a fictional character in the sitcom Father Ted
Eóin Doyle, fictional character from "the JFKs" song of the same name.

References

^ Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912), reprinted for Clearfield Company, INC by Genealogical Publishing Co. INC, Baltimore 1995, 1996. Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin Eugens, as noted by MacBain, p. 400. The mediaeval Latinization of Owen as Oenus led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton oen, "lamb". With much stronger reason it was at one time considered that the name represented Irish eoghunn = Gael. Ogan- [f. Old Irish oc- Welsh og, young], ‘youth’. Surnames of the United Kingdom cites Tomás Ua Concheanainn, Mion-Chomhrádh (p. 126), that "Eóghan is a diminutive of Eóghainin, = Owain, Eugene"
^ Morgan, T.J. and Morgan, Prys, Welsh Surnames, University of Wales, 1985, Owain (Owen, Bowen, Ednowain). According to T.J. Morgan in Welsh Surnames (page 172/173) Owen is a derivation of the Latin Eugenis > Old Welsh Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein ... 'variously written in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, Ywein. LL gives the names Euguen, Iguein, Yuein, Ouein. The corresponding form in Irish is Eoghan. Additionally, another Latinized variation of the name Owen is Audoenus in certain parish registers.”
^ As cited by T.J. Morgan in Welsh Surnames, page 172

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[UK_surnames:Owen-1] Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912), reprinted for Clearfield Company, INC by Genealogical Publishing Co. INC, Baltimore 1995, 1996. Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin Eugens, as noted by MacBain, p. 400. The mediaeval Latinization of Owen as Oenus led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton oen, "lamb". With much stronger reason it was at one time considered that the name represented Irish eoghunn = Gael. Ogan- [f. Old Irish oc- Welsh og, young], ‘youth’. Surnames of the United Kingdom cites Tomás Ua Concheanainn, Mion-Chomhrádh (p. 126), that "Eóghan is a diminutive of Eóghainin, = Owain, Eugene"

[Welsh_Surnames:Owen-2] Morgan, T.J. and Morgan, Prys, Welsh Surnames, University of Wales, 1985, Owain (Owen, Bowen, Ednowain). According to T.J. Morgan in Welsh Surnames (page 172/173) Owen is a derivation of the Latin Eugenis > Old Welsh Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein ... 'variously written in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, Ywein. LL gives the names Euguen, Iguein, Yuein, Ouein. The corresponding form in Irish is Eoghan. Additionally, another Latinized variation of the name Owen is Audoenus in certain parish registers.”

[Bromwich-3] As cited by T.J. Morgan in Welsh Surnames, page 172

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