Eoin (, or ) is an Irish name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is () and both are closely related to the Welsh . It is also cognate with the Irish . In the

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

, it is the name used for all

Biblical The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

figures known as ''John'' in English, including John the Baptist and John the Apostle. / are different names from /. The

early Irish The history of the Irish language begins with the period from the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland to Ireland's earliest known form of Irish, Primitive Irish, which is found in Ogham inscriptions dating from the 3rd or 4th cen ...

Eógan or is an early Irish male name, which also has the hypocoristic and diminutive forms , , and . In more modern forms of Irish it is written as or (/'oːəun/). In Scottish Gaelic the name is Eòghann or Eòghan. All of the above are often ...

and Gaelic Eòghan are generally considered to be derivations of the Greek and Latin name , meaning "noble born".''Surnames of the United Kingdom'' (1912), reprinted for Clearfield Company, INC by Genealogical Publishing Co. INC, Baltimore 1995, 1996. Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin , as noted by MacBain, p. 400. The mediaeval Latinization of Owen as led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton , "lamb". With much stronger reason it was at one time considered that the name represented Irish = Gael. . Old Irish Welsh , young ‘youth’. ''Surnames of the United Kingdom'' cites Tomás Ua Concheanainn, (p. 126), that " is a diminutive of , = Owain, Eugene"Morgan, T.J. and Morgan, Prys, ''Welsh Surnames'', University of Wales, 1985, ''Owain (Owen, Bowen, Ednowain)''. According to T.J. Morgan in ''Welsh Surnames'' (page 172/173) Owen is a derivation of the Latin >

Old Welsh Old Welsh ( cy, Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh.Koch, p. 1757. The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic ...

, ... 'variously written in Middle Welsh as . LL gives the names . The corresponding form in Irish is . Additionally, another Latinized variation of the name Owen is in certain parish registers.”As cited by T.J. Morgan in ''Welsh Surnames'', page 172

Political figures

* Eoin an Ile or John of Islay, Earl of Ross, in the 15th century * Eoin Ó Broin (born 1972), Irish nationalist politician * Eoin O'Duffy (1890 — 1944), Irish revolutionary * Eoin Mac Neill (1867 — 1945), Irish nationalist politician * Eóin Tennyson, Northern Irish politician

Artists

* Eoin Colfer, Irish author of the '' Artemis Fowl'' series * Eoin McNamee, Irish author * Eoin O'Broin, Irish DJ and producer under the stage name Noisestorm * Eoin O'Keeffe, Irish composer * Eoin Scolard, Irish author * Eoin Sandison, Marcus, Scottish musician of the duo

Boards of Canada Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, formed initially as a group in 1986 before becoming a duo in the 1990s.Hoffmann, Heiko.Pitchfork: Interviews: Boards of Canada (Septemb ...

* Eoin McCarthy, Irish actor * Eoin Macken, Irish actor

Sportsmen

Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic footballers

* Eoin Bradley, a Derry player * Eoin Brosnan, a three-time All Ireland winning Kerry player *

Eoin Cotter Eoin Cotter (born 29 July 1987 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Douglas, and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 2010. Before joining the senior team he also ...

, a Cork player *

Eoin Donnelly Eoin (, or ) is an Irish name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is () and both are closely related to the Welsh . It is also cognate with the Irish . In the Irish language, it is the name used for all Biblical figures known as ''John'' in Engli ...

, a Fermanagh player * Eoin Liston, a Kerry Gaelic football legend *

Eoin McHugh Eoin McHugh (born 1994/5) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team. He is the only son of James McHugh, a member of the team that defeated Dublin in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championshi ...

(born 1994/5), a Donegal player

Hurlers

Eoin Cadogan Eoin Cadogan (born 1 September 1986) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Douglas and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a full-back. Playing care ...

, a Cork hurler and footballer * Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler), an All-Ireland winning Tipperary player *

Eoin Kelly (Waterford hurler) Eoin Kelly (born 24 September 1982) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward at senior level for the waterford county team. He joined the team in 2001 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2012. Kell ...

, a three-time Munster Championship winning Waterford player *

Eoin Larkin Eoin Larkin (born 17 July 1984) is an Irish hurler and coach. His league and championship career as a forward with the Kilkenny senior team spanned twelve seasons from 2005 to 2016. Born in Kilkenny, Larkin first played competitive hurling f ...

, a seven-time All-Ireland winning Kilkenny hurler * Eoin McGrath, a three-time Munster championship winning Waterford hurler * Eoin Murphy, a three-time Munster Championship winning Waterford hurler *

Eoin Quigley Eoin Quigley (born 13 October 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Wexford senior team. Born in Piercestown, County Wexford, Quigley first played competitive hurling whilst at school at Wexford CBS. He first made his ...

, a Wexford hurler and former Bohemians soccer player

Soccer players

Eoin Doyle Eoin Doyle (born 12 March 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic. Doyle has previously played for Chesterfield, Cardiff, Preston North End, Portsmou ...

, a

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

player * Eoin Hand, soccer analyst and former manager of the Irish Soccer Team * Eoin Jess, a former Scottish international and Aberdeen player *

Eoin Reid Eoin Reid (born 27 December 1984) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Ballyhale Shamrocks. He played for the Kilkenny senior hurling team for five years, during which time he usually lined out as a corner-forwar ...

, a Celtic reserves player *

Eoin Mullen Eoin Mullen (born 6 August 1993) is an Irish professional racing cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. As of 6 December 2013 he has the Irish national record in the flying 200 m time trial in ...

, a Bohemian FC player

Other

Eoin Collins Eoin Collins (born 28 July 1968 in Dublin) is a former tennis player from Ireland. Collins represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, partnering Owen Casey. The pair was eliminated in ...

, a former Irish tennis player * Eoin Kennedy, an All-Ireland winning handballer *

Eoin Morgan Eoin (, or ) is an Irish name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is () and both are closely related to the Welsh . It is also cognate with the Irish . In the Irish language, it is the name used for all Biblical figures known as ''John'' in Engli ...

, an Irish cricketer who now represents England * Eoin Murray, an Irish British Touring Car Championship driver * Eoin Reddan, an Irish Rugby international *

Eoin Reilly Eoin Reilly (born 1990 in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Abbeyleix and has been goalkeeper on the Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is ...

, a junior champion sculler and rower from New Zealand *

Eoin Rheinisch Eoin Rheinisch (born 21 February 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish slalom canoeist and three-time Olympic competitor. He competed at the international level from 1996 to 2013. He is from Leixlip, County Kildare. Olympic record Rheinisch competed a ...

, an Irish canoeist

Others

* Eoin Cameron, an Australian radio personality *

Eóin Mac Suibhne Eóin Mac Suibhne (fl. 1310) was a fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman and a leading member of Clann Suibhne. In the middle of the thirteenth century, seemingly during the 1260s, Eóin's family appears to have been ejected from its homeland in ...

, fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman * Eoin Macken, Irish actor and model *

Eoin McKiernan Eoin McKiernan (10 May 1915 – 18 July 2004), was teacher and scholar in the interdisciplinary field of Irish Studies in the United States and the founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute. He is credited with leading efforts to revive an ...

, an academic in the field of Irish Studies * Eoin McLove, a fictional character in the sitcom '' Father Ted''