Eoin
the Irish form of John, direct from Latin Johannes
OH-in, two syllables. It is the Irish for John, and the same name as Eoghan with the silent gh taken out.
Ireland has two Johns: Eoin, taken straight from the Latin of the Gospels and used for John the Baptist and the Evangelist, and Seán, which came later through Norman French. Eoin MacNeill founded the Irish Volunteers and countermanded the 1916 Rising.
- Eoin Colfer (born 1965) — Irish author of children's books
- Eoin MacNeill (1867–1945) — Irish politician and scholar
- Eoin Macken (born 1983) — Irish actor, model, author and director
- Eoin O'Duffy (1892–1944) — Irish political activist, soldier and police commissioner
- Eoin Morgan (born 1986) — Irish-English cricketer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Eoin on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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