Eoghan

See also: Eòghan

English

Proper noun

Eoghan

1. A male given name from Irish

Related terms

• Tyrone

See also

• Owen

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Eógan, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚃᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (ivogeni, gen.sg.), from Proto-Celtic *Iwogenos (literally “yew-born”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Eòghann.

Sometimes conflated or confused with the etymologically unrelated name Eoin (“John”), with which the vocative/genitive form Eoghain is homophonous.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /oːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /oːnˠ/, /oːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔːnˠ/, /ɔːn̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Eoghan m (genitive Eoghain)

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Eoghanach (“Tyrone”, attributive adjective)
• Eoghanach m (“member of Cineál Eoghain; native of Tyrone”)
• Inis Eoghain f (“Inishowen”)
• Tír Eoghain f (“Tyrone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eoghan

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eoghan	nEoghan	hEoghan	tEoghan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eoghan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Eoghan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• “Eoghain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Eoghan

1. Alternative form of Eòghann