Not in Coghlan, et al. "Owen is a name used in Ireland to anglicize Eoghan to which it relates phonetically. In Wales it represents Euguein. Both names mean"well-born." Ellen Ernie Kraut <[email protected]> wrote: >Rita, thank you for the question on the name Eugene. I've wondered why it suddenly appeared in the McMullan of Seavanagh, County Down >lineage. Eugene's maternal grandfather was Owen Gribbon. Now Eoin. > >eanlibof, >Is there a fada or accent or grave or whatever over one of the letters? >Ernie > >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Would the name Eugene be an equivalent of Owen? > >---------------------------------- >From: [email protected] > >> Yes. It is spelled Eoin in Irish. > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Owen is an anglicization of three Irish words Eoghan, Eóin and Abhainn. Owen is used for two unrelated given names: Eoghan (Eugene) and Eóin (John). The "well-born" comes from the German Eugenios 'noble, well-born' and does not apply to Eoghan as far as I'm aware. We don't have a meaning of Eoghan. See Patrick Woulf (1923) 'Irish Names for Children'. The second use of Owen is also an anglicization. Fortunately, Eóin and John are the same name and they come from the Hebrew Johanan, gracious gift of Jehovah. So, if you trace your Owen to: Eoghan, the meaning is not known. Eugenios, it means "noble, well-born". Eóin, it is Johanan. Owen is also used in the names of rivers where it's an a anglicization of 'Abhainn' (river), e.g. Owenmore, Owenbeg, etc. Jim McDonald [email protected]