Euan
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 usually an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Eòghann, "noble born" and therefore derived ultimately from Latin Eugenius. It is also a derivative of the Pictish name, Uuen, which is the Pictish British cognate of Eòghann in Gaelic.
It is also the source of surnames, mostly connected to Clan MacEwen and including MacEwan and MacEwen.
The English equivalent of the name is John.
Owain is the predominant Welsh spelling of the name, 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.
People with the given name
In the arts and media
- Euan Heng, Scottish-Australian painter
- Euan Kerr, editor of The Beano
- Euan Lloyd, British film producer
- Euan Macleod, New Zealand painter
- Euan Morton, Scottish singer and actor
- Euan Uglow, English painter
- Euan Guthrie, Scottish filmmaker
In sports
- Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league footballer
- Euan Burton, British judoka
- Euan Byers, Scottish curler
- Euan Dale, Scottish swimmer
- Euan Henderson (snooker player), Scottish snooker player
- Euan McLean, Scottish footballer
- Euan Norris, Scottish football referee
- Euan McCabe, English diver
- Euan Murray, Scottish rugby union footballer
In politics
- Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes, peer and politician
- Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, British politician
- Euan Robson, Scottish Liberal Democrats politician
- Euan Stainbank, Scottish Labour politician
- Euan Wallace, British Conservative politician
In other fields
- Euan Mason, New Zealand forestry academic
- Euan Sutherland, Scottish businessman
Characters
- Euan Abercrombie, minor character from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Euan Pierce, the lead character from the TV series ''Off Centre''