''Eachann'' is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
in the
Scottish Gaelic.
A similar and possibly related early form of the name was ''Eachdonn''.
[ which cited for the surname "Hector".] The name is composed of two elements; the first element is ''each'', meaning "
horse". The second element is ''donn'', which has been given two different meanings. One proposed meaning is "
brown";
another proposed meaning is "lord".
The early Gaelic form of the name, ''Eachdonn'', was 'confused' with the
Norse ''Hakon'' (which is
etymologically
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words an ...
unrelated).
''Eachann'' has often been
Anglicised
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...
as ''
Hector'' (which is also etymologically unrelated to ''Eachann'').
The Scottish Gaelic surname ''
MacEachainn'' is a
patronymic form of the given name (meaning "son of ''Eachann''").
[ which cited for the surname "McEachin".]
People with the given name
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Eachann Mac Goraidh MacAlasdair, chief of Clan MacAlister.
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Eachann Maclean, ''may refer to many people''.
People with the given name as part of a patronymic name
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Goraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdair, Chief of Clan MacAlister, son of Eachann Mac Goraidh MacAlasdair.
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Mairead inghean Eachainn
Mairead inghean Eachainn, also known as Mairead nic Eachainn, was a consort of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (a man also known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"). She was the daughter of a man named Eachann, and probably the mother of several children ...
, the spouse of
Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Alasdair Mór mac an Rígh, and called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – c. 20 July 1405), was the third surviving son of King Robert II of Scotland and youngest by his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He w ...
, and mother of
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Alexander Stewart (c. 13751435) was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Mar from 1404. He acquired the earldom through marriage to the hereditary countess, and successfully ruled the northern part of Scotland.
Biography
He was an illegitimate son of ...
.
References
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Irish-language masculine given names
Scottish Gaelic masculine given names
Scottish masculine given names