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Ewen Pronunciation Gender Male Word/name
Pictish Meaning Born of Mountain Region of origin Scotland, Canada Related names
Ewan ,
Euan ,
Eoghan ,
Owen
Ewen is a
male
given name , most common throughout
Scotland as well as
Canada , due to the immigration of
Scottish people . It is an
anglicisation of the
Scottish Gaelic name,
Eòghann . It is possibly a derivative of the
Pictish name, Uuen (or 'Wen'), "born of the mountain."
[1] Ewen or Ewan is also a Scottish surname, as in
Clan MacEwen .
Ewen is also a
Breton male given name, an alternative form of
Erwan , the patron saint of
Brittany . Owen is the predominant
Welsh variation of the name.
Ouen can be considered the
French version of the name.
Euan is a Latin word meaning
Bacchus .
[2]
Variations
People with this given name
Ewen Alison , New Zealand politician
Ewen Bain , 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 , member of the British House of Lords
Ewen Chatfield , a cricketer
Ewen Fergusson , British diplomat
Ewen Gillies (born 1825), serial emigrant from St. Kilda, Scotland
Ewen Henderson , English ceramic artist
Ewen Leslie , an Australian actor
Ewen MacDougall , a Scottish nobleman
Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour , British peer
Ewen MacIntosh (1973-2024), British actor
Ewen McKenzie , an Australian rugby player
Ewen McQueen , a New Zealand Christian leader
Ewen Neil McQueen , Australian educational innovator
Ewen Montagu , a British judge, writer and intelligence officer
Ewen Ratteray , Bishop of Bermuda
Ewen Solon , a New Zealand actor
Ewen Southby-Tailyour , British Royal Marine
Ewen Thompson , a New Zealand cricketer
Ewen Vernal , a Scottish musician
Ewen Whitaker , British astronomer
People with this surname
Colin J. Ewen , linguist
Ettore Ewen, better known as
Big E (Langston) , an American professional wrestler
Frederic Ewen , an English professor
Harold Irving Ewen (1922–2015), American radio astronomer
Jade Ewen , a British singer and Eurovision contestant in 2009
Paterson Ewen , a Canadian painter
Stuart Ewen , an American historian
Todd Ewen , a Canadian ice hockey player
William Ewen , former Governor of Georgia, United States
Patrik Ewen [
fr ] , Breton story-teller and musician
See also
References