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The Welsh name is a cognate and near-homonym of the Irish name Eógan (pronounced, partially anglicised as Eoghan, as noted by Morgan and Morgan, among other spellings). [3] As such, the given name Owney is usually regarded as a diminutive of either Owen or Eoghan.
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
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Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates , i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne .
Éogan is an early Irish male given name, which also has the hypocoristic and diminutive forms Eoganán, Eóghainin, Eóghain and Eóghainn. The Modern Irish form of the name is Eoghan (pronounced ['oː(ə)nˠ]). In Scottish Gaelic, the name is Eòghann or Eòghan. All of the above are often anglicised as Euan, Ewan, Ewen or, less often, Owen.
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Ewen is also a Breton male given name, an alternative form of Erwan, the patron saint of Brittany. Owen is the predominant Welsh variation of the name. Ouen can be considered the French version of the name. The English equivalent of the name is John. Other spellings of the name are Euan and Ewan. Euan is a Latin word meaning Bacchus. [2]