Ewan

What Ewan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ewan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ewan?

US: Falling: down from #1283 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #245 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 168 boys got the name (#1100 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 14,234 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,237 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,034 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.46 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.41 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.26 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ewan is #1477 in the US and #462 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ewan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Owen7,190 US · 298 E&W
• Owain7 US · 18 E&W
• Ewen19 US · 3 E&W
• Iwan0 US · 10 E&W
• Owin9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Ewen
• Evin

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Ewan

Boys

• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Lochlan#644Editor’s note Up from #841 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

For a sister

• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Brynn#407Editor’s note Down from #259 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 in the US
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ewan’s. Rank is US 2025.