Boy's name
Eoin
“OH-in”
IPA: /oːnʲ/
the Irish form of John, direct from Latin Johannes
Why it is said that way
OH-in, two syllables. It is the Irish for John, and the same name as Eoghan with the silent gh taken out.
The story behind the name
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.
Surnames built on this name
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