Details for the forename Ewan

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Ewan (male)


Variants:	Eóghan (M) Eugenius (M) Owen (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Eugene (M) Hugh (M)
Can be spelt:	Euan (M) Ewen (M)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal communication [JE]
Notes:	Scottish and, occasionally, Irish, derived, as is Hugh, from the Anglicised version of Gaelic Eóghan. Whyte gives the meaning as "youth" but, according to one correspondent [JE], it may be derived from "yew" [the yew tree, Taxus baccata]. See also Euan. Ewan is occasionally found in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire where Ewen is the preferred, Scottish, spelling. In old documents in Latin, Eugenius is used for Euan/Ewan/Ewen as well as for Eugene, with appropriate case endings.