Updated February 19, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Friend of the law
  • Irish : Born to nobility; warrior

Boy name variations

Ewing
Ewan
Ewart
Owen
Owyn
Owens
Owaine
Owan
Owayne
Owin
Owine

How Popular Is The Name Ewen

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eòghainn ‘son of Eòghann’ (see McEwen).
  • Jewish (Israeli) : from Hebrew even ‘stone’, a translation of the surname Stein or any of its compounds.

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