Ewen is a

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, most common throughout

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as well as

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, due to the immigration of

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. It is an

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of the

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name, Eòghann. It is possibly a derivative of the Pictish name, ''Uuen'' (or 'Wen'), "born of the mountain." Ewen or Ewan is also a Scottish surname, as in Clan MacEwen. Ewen is also a

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male given name, an alternative form of Erwan, the patron saint of

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. Owen is the predominant

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variation of the name. Ouen can be considered the

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version of the name. ''Euan'' is a Latin word meaning

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* Ewen Alison, New Zealand politician *

Ewen Bain Ewen Bain (23 June 1925 – 18 December 1989) was a Scottish Highlander cartoonist, whose most notable creation was the '' Angus Og'' comic strip, a stereotypical depiction of the quintessential 20th century Highlander, which ran in the Glasgow ...

, a Scottish cartoonist * Ewen Bremner, a Scottish actor * Ewen Cameron, British banking magnate * Ewen Cameron, Australian politician * Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, a Scottish highland chieftain *

Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington Ewen James Hanning Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington DL, (born 24 November 1949) is a landowner and life peer who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Lord Cameron is one of five siblings and the second but elder surviving son ...

, member of the British House of Lords * Ewen Chatfield, a cricketer *

Ewen Fergusson Sir Ewen Alastair John Fergusson (28 October 1932 – 20 April 2017) was a British diplomat and international rugby union player. The son of Sir Ewen MacGregor Field Fergusson, formerly Chairman and Managing Director of the Straits Tra ...

, British diplomat * Ewen Gillies (born 1825), serial emigrant from St. Kilda, Scotland * Ewen Henderson, English ceramic artist *

Ewen Leslie Ewen Leslie (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Career Theatre His first work on Sydney stages was performing at the Old Fitzroy Hotel theatre in Woolloomooloo. In 2007 he was cast by Philip Seymour Hoffma ...

, an Australian actor * Ewen MacDougall, a Scottish nobleman * Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour, British peer *

Ewen McKenzie Ewen James Andrew McKenzie (born 21 June 1965) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played for Australia's World Cup winning team in 1991 and earned 51 caps for the Wallabies during his tes ...

, an Australian rugby player * Ewen McQueen, a New Zealand Christian leader * Ewen Neil McQueen, Australian educational innovator *

Ewen Montagu Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu (29 March 1901 – 19 July 1985) was a British judge, Naval intelligence officer and author. He is best known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation which misdirected Ger ...

, a British judge, writer and intelligence officer *

Ewen Ratteray (Alexander) Ewen Ratteray was the Bishop of Bermuda. Born on 18 February 1942 and educated at ''Codrington College, Barbados'', he was ordained in 1966. After a curacy in Pontefract he began to proceed in Church ordained ministries: being success ...

, Bishop of Bermuda *

Ewen Solon Peter Ewen Solon (7 September 1917 – 7 July 1985) was a New Zealand-born actor, who worked extensively in both the United Kingdom and Australia. At the outbreak of World War II, Solon became a member of the First Echelon, 2nd NZEF that saw ...

, a New Zealand actor * Ewen Southby-Tailyour, British Royal Marine *

Ewen Thompson Ewen Paul Thompson (born 17 December 1979) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 1998. Thompson has also played for Northland and Manawatu in the Hawke Cup. He was born in Warkworth. ...

, a New Zealand cricketer *

Ewen Vernal Ewen Vernal (born 27 February 1964) is a Scottish musician. Born in Glasgow to a musical family, Vernal began taking piano lessons at 8 years old — inspired by a Beatles-singing mother and a choir-leading, saxophone-playing father. Singing ...

, a Scottish musician * Ewen Whitaker, British astronomer

People with this surname

Colin J. Ewen Colin J. Ewen is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics and Phonology at Leiden University. He is known for his works on phonology and is an editor of the journal ''Phonology''. Books * ''Principles of Dependency Phonology'' (Cambridge Studi ...

, linguist *Ettore Ewen, better known as Big E (Langston), an American professional wrestler *

Frederic Ewen Frederic Ewen (1899 – October 18, 1988) was an English professor at Brooklyn College from 1930 to 1952. During the height of the McCarthy period Ewen was forced to resign his teaching position after refusing to cooperate with a Senate Internal S ...

, an English professor * Jade Ewen, a British singer and Eurovision contestant in 2009 * Paterson Ewen, a Canadian painter *

Stuart Ewen Stuart Ewen (born 1945) is a New York-based author, historian and lecturer on media, consumer culture, and the compliance profession. He is also a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center, i ...

, an American historian * Todd Ewen, a Canadian ice hockey player * William Ewen, former Governor of Georgia, United States *, Breton story-teller and musician

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