Euan
Euan is a Scottish, male given name, most common throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, due to the influence of Scots in both nations. It is usually an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic names Eòin as a cognate for John or Eòghann, "noble born" and therefore derived ultimately from Latin Eugenius (Eugene).
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Euan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Euan is a Scottish, male given name, most common throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, due to the influence of Scots in both nations. It is usually an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic names Eòin as a cognate for John or Eòghann, "noble born" and therefore derived ultimately from Latin Eugenius (Eugene).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Euan
Euan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1986, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 28 births, good for #3,714 nationwide. About 41% of every Euan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Euan ranks #5,663 for baby boys with 16 births, holding steady (-5%). All told, over 489 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Euan
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About the name Euan
Euan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 489 births in the dataset. Euan's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #3,714. Use the chart and map above to compare Euan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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