Ewan
Ewan is a Scottish name with multiple sources. It is usually an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Eòghann "noble born" and therefore derived ultimately from Latin Eugenius. A Pictish name, Uuen meaning "(the) warrior", or "born of the mountain", may instead be the source.
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Ewan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ewan is a Scottish name with multiple sources. It is usually an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Eòghann "noble born" and therefore derived ultimately from Latin Eugenius. A Pictish name, Uuen meaning "(the) warrior", or "born of the mountain", may instead be the source.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Ewan
Ewan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 168 births, good for #1,100 nationwide. About 40% of every Ewan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ewan ranks #1,412 for baby boys with 132 births, rising sharply (+17% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ewan
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About the name Ewan
Ewan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Ewan's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #1,100. Use the chart and map above to compare Ewan'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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