Ewen
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Ewen, Euan
or most commonly Ewan is a male
given name
, most commonly heard throughout Scotland
and Canada
. It is a derivative of Eoghan (meaning "born of the yew
(tree)") and is of Irish
and Gaelic origin. It is also, less commonly, a surname. Iuan, Ioan, Iwan and Iwen is the Welsh derivative. Also associated loosely with the scottish god of the glen. Owen is the predominant Welsh
spelling of the name, but also Iwan and Iuan are also found, as in Cornish
). Ouen
can be considered the French
or Breton
spelling of the name.
Euan
Euan, Ewen or most commonly Ewan is a male given name, most commonly heard throughout Scotland and Canada. It is a derivative of Eoghan and is of Irish and Gaelic origin. It is also, less commonly, a surname. Iuan, Ioan, Iwan and Iwen is the Welsh derivative. Also associated loosely with the...
or most commonly Ewan is a male
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, most commonly heard throughout Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is a derivative of Eoghan (meaning "born of the yew
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be now known as the English yew, or European yew.-Description:It is a small-...
(tree)") and is of Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
and Gaelic origin. It is also, less commonly, a surname. Iuan, Ioan, Iwan and Iwen is the Welsh derivative. Also associated loosely with the scottish god of the glen. Owen is the predominant Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
spelling of the name, but also Iwan and Iuan are also found, as in Cornish
Cornish language
Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...
). Ouen
Ouen
Audoin, Audoen or Ouen, and Dado to his contemporaries, , was a Frankish bishop, courtier, chronicler, and Catholic saint....
can be considered the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
or Breton
Breton language
Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
spelling of the name.
People with this given name
- Ewen AlisonEwen AlisonEwen William Alison was an Independent Conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Auckland seat of Waitemata in the 1902 general election, and held it to 1908, when he retired....
, New Zealand politician - Ewen BainEwen BainEwen Bain was a Scottish 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-based newspaper the Daily Record, and its sister title The Sunday Mail...
, a Scottish cartoonist - Ewen BremnerEwen Bremner-Early life:Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally wanted to be a circus clown, but was offered a chance in show business by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable...
, a Scottish actor - Ewen CameronEwen Cameron (banker)Sir Ewen Cameron, KCMG was a Scottish accountant and banker who rose to be London head of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.-Early life and family:...
, British banking magnate - Ewen CameronEwen Cameron (Australian politician)Ewen Colin Cameron was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he had been a farmer and member of Euroa Shire Council before entering federal politics. In 1977, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Indi, defeating Mac Holten, a member of the...
, Australian politician - Ewen Cameron of LochielEwen Cameron of LochielSir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was a Scottish highland chieftain, the 17th Chief of Clan Cameron.Macaulay called Ewen the "Ulysses of the Highlands". He was a man of enormous strength and size...
, a Scottish highland chieftain - Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of DillingtonEwen Cameron, Baron Cameron of DillingtonEwen James Hanning Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, is a landowner and cross-bench member of the House of Lords....
, member of the British House of Lords - Ewen ChatfieldEwen ChatfieldEwen John Chatfield is a former cricketer who played 43 Tests and 114 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. A medium-pace bowler, his chief weapon was his accuracy, giving him economical bowling figures, although he occasionally would come in for punishment in the late stages of limited overs...
, a cricketer - Ewen FergussonEwen FergussonSir Ewen Alastair John Fergusson, GCMG, GCVO is a British diplomat.The son of Sir Ewen MacGregor Field Fergusson and Winifred Evelyn Fergusson, he was educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford. He played rugby for Oxford University and for , gaining 5 caps...
, British diplomat - Ewen HendersonEwen HendersonEwen Henderson may refer to:*Ewen Henderson , artist*Ewen Henderson , fiddler and bagpiper...
, English ceramic artist - Ewen LeslieEwen LeslieEwen Leslie is an Australian actor.Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, he started appearing in various TV shows from the age of 12...
, an Australian actor - Ewen MacDougall, a Scottish nobleman
- Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of ArdgourEwen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour-Biography:He was an honest, plain, well-inclined man, and he very much resembled his grandfather. He married Mary, daughter of Lachlan MacLean of Lochbuie, and had by her:*Allan Maclean, 10th Laird of Ardgour...
, British peer - Ewen McKenzieEwen McKenzieEwen James Andrew McKenzie is a former Australian Rugby Union prop and now professional coach, currently with the Queensland Reds who won the 2011 premiership...
, an Australian rugby player - Ewen McQueenEwen McQueenEwen McQueen is a New Zealand politician who is currently a member of the New Zealand National Party. He was the third and final leader of Christian Heritage New Zealand, a religious political party in New Zealand that is now defunct.-Early years:...
, a New Zealand Christian leader - Ewen Neil McQueenEwen Neil McQueenEwen Neil McQueen was an Australian headmaster, prominent educational innovator, scientist, psychologist and General Practitioner. He was most often known as Neil McQueen or E. Neil McQueen.-Early life and training:...
, Australian educational innovator - Ewen MontaguEwen MontaguCaptain The Hon. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu, CBE, QC, DL, RNR was a British judge, writer and Naval intelligence officer....
, a British judge, writer and intelligence officer - Ewen RatterayEwen RatterayThe Rt Rev Ewen Ratteray is the current 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 rise in the Church hierarchy: being successively Vicar of Airedale then Archdeacon of Hamilton,...
, Bishop of Bermuda - Ewen SolonEwen SolonEwen Solon was a New Zealand-born actor, who worked extensively in both the United Kingdom and Australia....
, a New Zealand actor - Ewen Southby-TailyourEwen Southby-TailyourLieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour OBE is an author, sailor, and retired Royal Marine who served for 32 years in the Royal Marines retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel specialising in amphibious vessels from all the NATO countries...
, British Royal Marine - Ewen ThompsonEwen ThompsonEwen Paul Thompson is a New Zealand 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 VernalEwen VernalEwen Vernal 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...
, a Scottish musician - Ewen WhitakerEwen WhitakerEwen A. Whitaker is a British-born astronomer who specialized in Lunar studies.He was an astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, becoming the director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. He then emigrated to the United States and joined the staff of the Yerkes...
, British astronomer
People with this surname
- Frederic EwenFrederic EwenFrederic Ewen 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 Security Committee investigation of communism and higher education.-Early...
, an English professor - Jade EwenJade EwenJade Almarie Louise Ewen is an English singer, songwriter, actress and member of the Sugababes. Ewen began her singing career in a girl group named Trinity Stone signed to Sony BMG in 2005, but they disbanded in 2007 with no album released...
, a British singer and Eurovision contestant in 2009 - Mary EwenMary EwenMary Ewen claimed to be Jamaica's oldest person and the oldest person in the Western hemisphere, since the death of Cruz Hernández...
, Jamaican oldest person - Paterson EwenPaterson EwenPaterson Ewen was an important Canadian painter, born in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec. He attended McGill University from 1946-47 where he studied geology, and fine arts with John Goodwin Lyman...
, a Canadian painter - Stuart EwenStuart EwenStuart Ewen 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, in the departments of History, Sociology and Media Studies...
, an American historian - Todd EwenTodd EwenTodd Gordon Ewen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for several teams in the NHL. He played right wing and was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks. Todd retired with 1911 penalty min...
, a Canadian ice hockey player - William EwenWilliam EwenWilliam Ewen was the first president of the Council of Safety of Georgia during the American Revolution...
, former Governor of Georgia, United States