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Euan

Gender
Boy
Say it
YOO-an
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#694 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,140 for boys
Style
Big in Scotland

Euan is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 694th for boys in the UK (57 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Euan mean?

Scottish: anglicized form of Gaelic Eòghann

Scottish spelling of Ewan, from the Gaelic Eòghann, a name linked with the Irish Eoghan and with Owen.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Euan a girl's or a boy's name?

Euan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Euan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
694th among boys
Babies in 2025
57 about 1 in 5,300 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 57 boys in the UK were named Euan, making it the 694th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 407th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 589 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Euan since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Euan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 163 boys in the UK were given Euan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #322, up from #694 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales and 163rd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 589 in 20012025
Euan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202557#694
202473#583
202373#580
202283#521
2021105#448
2020119#407
2019124#394
2018148#349
2017148#360
2016202#289
2015247#254
2014254#246
2013282#215
2012309#203
2011340#185
2010362#171
2009426#152
2008465#139
2007473#131
2006481#127
2005540#118
2004507#124
2003521#114
2002585#100
2001589#102
2000576#105
1999523#110
1998539#110
1997433#117
1996269#147

How popular is Euan in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,140th among boys
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Euan, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.

Half of all the boys named Euan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 153 boys in the US were given Euan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,161, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.

1986Busiest: 28 in 20122025
Euan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#6,140
202419#5,063
202312#6,892
202219#5,015
202117#5,333
202021#4,536
201915#5,808
201820#4,735
201713#6,334
201622#4,469
201521#4,543
201427#3,784
201320#4,619
201228#3,711
201118#4,981
201015#5,737
200924#4,158
200820#4,710
200719#4,806
200614#5,777
200513#5,869
200414#5,487
200313#5,551
200213#5,388
20018#7,529
200010#6,309
19998#7,132
19985#9,623
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19935#8,693
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19865#6,715

Names like Euan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Euan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/euan, updated 20 October 2026.