Euan

Euan
Pronunciation/ˈjuːən/
GenderMale
Origin
Word/namePictish
MeaningBorn of the Mountain, Noble Born, Born of the Yew Tree
Region of originScotland
Other names
Related namesEwan, Evan, Ewen, Eoghan, Eoin, Iwan, Owen

Euan is a Scottish, male given name, most common throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, due to the influence of Scots in both nations. It is a derivative of the Pictish name, Uuen (or 'Wen'), which is the Pictish British cognate of Eòghann in Gaelic.[1] It is also, less commonly, a surname.

The name Euan comes from Greek and Hebrew: Iōannēs (Ἰωάννης; the New Testament in Greek has St. John's Gospel as Ευαγγέλιο του Αγίου Ιωάννη) which in turn comes from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious'. The English equivalent of the name is "John", but the Scottish "Euan" is very close in sound to the original Greek.[citation needed]

Owain is the predominant Welsh spelling of the name (or Owen when Anglicized), but Iwan and Iuan are also found, as they are in Cornish. Ouen can be considered the French or Breton spelling of the name.

Euan is also a Latin word meaning Bacchus.[2]

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  1. ^ From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007
  2. ^ "Latin Word Lookup". www.archives.nd.edu.