Eoin (, or ) is an Irish name. The

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equivalent is () and both are closely related to the

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. It is also cognate with the Irish . In the

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, it is the name used for all

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figures known as ''John'' in English, including

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and

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. / are different names from /. The early Irish

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 an ...

and Gaelic Eòghan are generally considered to be derivations of the Greek and

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

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 >

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, ... '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 Eoin Colfer (; born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author of children's books. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best known for being the author of the ''Artemis Fowl'' series. In September 2008, Colf ...

, 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 Eoin McCarthy (born 1963, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor. He appeared in films such as ''Alien vs. Predator'' and television programmes such as ''Cadfael'' , '' Lovejoy'' and ''Roman Mysteries ''The Roman Myste ...

, 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, a Fermanagh player *

Eoin Liston Eoin "Bomber" Liston (born 16 October 1957 in Ballybunion, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Beale, his divisional side Shannon Rangers and at senior level for the Kerry county team be ...

, 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 career ...

, a Cork hurler and footballer *

Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler) Eoin Kelly (born 6 January 1982) is an Irish Hurling, hurler who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Tipperary county hurling team, Tipperary county team. Born in Mullinahone, County Tipperary, Kelly first played competitiv ...

, 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 fo ...

, a seven-time All-Ireland winning Kilkenny hurler *

Eoin McGrath Eoin McGrath (born 2 November 1980) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 2002 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2012. Son of former h ...

, a three-time Munster championship winning Waterford hurler * Eoin Murphy, a three-time Munster Championship winning Waterford hurler * Eoin Quigley, 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-forward ...

, 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, a former Irish tennis player *

Eoin Kennedy Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from Fingal, Ireland. He is a member of Saint Brigid's GAA club. By profession he is an engineer and a former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. The holder of fourteen senior handball titles, Kennedy has also won ...

, an All-Ireland winning handballer * Eoin Morgan, 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 ...

, 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 at ...

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

Father Ted ''Father Ted'' is a sitcom created by Irish writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews and produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. It aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, includin ...