# Ewan

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Ewan
| image=EwanCameronOfLochiel.jpg
| imagesize=
| caption= ''[Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel](/source/Ewen_Cameron_of_Lochiel)''
| pronunciation={{IPAc-en|ˈ|juː|ən}}
| gender = Masculine
| meaning =Born of the Yew Tree, Youth, Muse
| region = Scotland
| origin = [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) or [Pictish](/source/Pictish)
| related names = [Euan](/source/Euan), [Ewen](/source/Ewen), [Eòghann](/source/E%C3%B2ghann), [John](/source/John_(given_name)), [Evan](/source/Evan_(given_name)), [Owen](/source/Owen_(name)), [Awan](/source/Awan_(disambiguation)), [Iwan](/source/Iwan_(given_name)), [Eoin](/source/Eoin)
| footnote =
}}
'''Ewan''' (also spelled Awan, Euan, Ewen, Awen, Awanne, Owan, Avan) is a Scottish name with multiple sources. It is usually an [anglicisation](/source/anglicisation) of the [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) name [Eòghann](/source/E%C3%B2ghann) "noble born" and therefore derived ultimately from Latin ''[Eugenius](/source/Eugenius)''. A [Pictish](/source/Pictish) name, ''Uuen'' (or ''Wen'') meaning "(the) warrior",<ref>From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007</ref> or  "born of the mountain",<ref>From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Alex Woolf, Edinburgh University Press, 2007</ref> may instead be the source.

If the source is Latin ''Eugenius'', it would make Ewan a cognate of [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language), [Cornish](/source/Cornish_language) and [Breton](/source/Breton_language) names including [Owain](/source/Owain) (Owen) and [Ouen](/source/Ouen). However, these may be older names derived from [Britonnic  language](/source/Britonnic_language) words referring to [yew](/source/yew) trees or [ovine](/source/ovine)s.

Another possible more likely source is [Euan](/source/Euan), a Gaelic form of [Latin](/source/Latin) ''[Johannes/Ioannes](/source/Johannes)''. As such it would be a cognate of [Eoin](/source/Eoin), [Ian](/source/Ian) and [John](/source/John_(given_name)).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandel |first=Abby |date=2008-11-16 |title=Name of the Day: Ewan |url=https://appellationmountain.net/name-of-the-day-ewan/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Appellation Mountain |language=en-US}}</ref> (''Euan'' is also an alternate name for the Roman god [Bacchus](/source/Bacchus).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=euan|title=Latin Word Lookup|website=www.archives.nd.edu}}</ref>)

Ewen is most common as a [male](/source/male) [given name](/source/given_name) in [Scotland](/source/Scotland) and [Canada](/source/Canada){{cn|date=December 2024}}. It is also the source of surnames, mostly connected to [Clan MacEwen](/source/Clan_MacEwen) and including McEwan, Ewan and Ewen. It is after these surnames that [McEwan’s](/source/McEwan%E2%80%99s) Beer and [MacEwan University](/source/MacEwan_University) are named.

In several apocryphal and Gnostic texts, including the Book of Jubilees, the name Ewan/Awan appears as
a daughter of Adam and Eve.
Sometimes described as the sister and wife of Cain under ancient sibling-pairing narratives common in early human genealogies.<ref>Amaru, Betsy Halpern. "The First Woman, Wives, and Mothers in" The Book of Jubilees"." Journal of Biblical literature 113.4 (1994): 609-626.</ref>

==People with the given name==

===In the arts and media===
*[Ewan Christian](/source/Ewan_Christian) (1814–1895), British architect
*[Ewan MacColl](/source/Ewan_MacColl) (1915–1989), British folk singer-songwriter
*[Ewan McGregor](/source/Ewan_McGregor) (born 1971), Scottish actor
*[Ewan Mitchell](/source/Ewan_Mitchell) (born 1997), English actor
*[Ewan Stewart](/source/Ewan_Stewart) (born 1957), Scottish actor

===In sports===
*[Ewan MacDonald](/source/Ewan_MacDonald) (born 1975), Scottish curler
*[Ewan McGrady](/source/Ewan_McGrady), Australian rugby league footballer
*[Ewan Thompson](/source/Ewan_Thompson) (born 1977), Australian (Australian rules) footballer

===In other fields===
*[Ewan Birney](/source/Ewan_Birney) (born 1972), British bioinformatician
*[Ewan Anderson](/source/Ewan_Anderson) (born 1938), expert on geopolitics, economic and social geography

==Characters==
*Ewan, a character from the TV series ''[Merlin](/source/Merlin_(2008_TV_series))'' Season 1 Episode 2
*Ewan O'Hara, Juliet O'Hara's brother on the TV series ''[Psych](/source/Psych)''
*Ewan, a guard in the book ''The Wizard's Child''
*Ewan Doherty, Head of English in [Teachers](/source/Teachers_(British_TV_series)), a UK Channel 4 show 
*Ewan the Dream Sheep, a popular baby sleeping toy
*Ewan Cameron, a minor character in Dragonfly in Amber, second book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

==See also==
*[Eógan](/source/E%C3%B3gan)
*[Eógan (given name)](/source/E%C3%B3gan_(given_name))
*[Iwan (name)](/source/Iwan_(name))
*[Euan](/source/Euan)
*[Evan](/source/Evan_(given_name))
*[MacEwen](/source/MacEwen_(surname))

==References==
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Category:Irish masculine given names
Category:Scottish masculine given names
Category:English masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Given names derived from plants or flowers

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