Eamonn or Eamon (/ˈeɪmən/ AY-mən; Irish: Éamonn, Éamon, or Eadhmonn pronounced [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ]), is a masculine Irish given name. It is an Irish form of the English Edmund, or Edward,[1] which are derived from Old English names containing the elements ēad ("prosperity, riches"), mund ("protector") and ward (guard).[2]
List of people with the given names
[edit]- Eamonn Andrews (1922–1987), Irish television personality
- Éamon de Buitléar (1930–2013), Irish documentary film maker
- Eamonn Butler (born 1953), British economist, director of the Adam Smith Institute
- Eamonn Breen (born 1969/1970), Irish gaelic football player
- Eamonn Campbell (1946–2017), Irish musician
- Eamonn Casey (1927–2017), Irish bishop
- Éamonn Ceannt (1881–1916), Irish nationalist and rebel
- Eamonn Coghlan (born 1952), Irish runner and senator
- Eamon Collins (1954–1999), Irish Republican Army volunteer
- Eamon Colman (born 1957), Irish artist
- Eamonn Darcy (born 1952), Irish golfer
- Eamonn Darcy (footballer) (1933–2022), Irish footballer
- Eamon (singer) (born 1983 or 1984), American singer-songwriter
- Eamonn Duggan (1878–1936), Irish politician
- Eamon Dunphy (born 1945), Irish footballer and television football pundit
- Eamonn Holmes (born 1959), Northern Irish television personality
- Eamonn Keane (actor) (1925–1990), Irish actor
- Eamonn Keane (weightlifter) (fl. 2000s–2010s), Irish weightlifter
- Eamon Kissane (1899–1979), Irish politician
- Eamonn McCann (born 1943), Northern Irish journalist and activist
- Eamon McGee (born 1984), Irish footballer
- Eamonn McGrath (1929–2008), Irish author
- Eamon Melaugh (1933–2025), Irish socialist, political campaigner and activist
- Eamon Powell (born 2002), American ice hockey player
- Eamon Ryan (born 1963), Irish Green Party politician
- Éamonn Ryan (1941–2021), Irish football manager
- Eamon Sullivan (born 1985), Australian swimmer
- Éamon de Valera (1882–1975), Irish taoiseach and president
- Eamonn Walker (born 1962), British actor
- Éamon Zayed (born 1983), Irish-Libyan footballer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Éamon, a main character in the RTÉ sitcom Bridget & Éamon
- Éamon, a main character in 2024 film An Taibhse
- Eamon, a minor character in the 1988 film High Spirits
- Eamon Bailey, a character in the 2017 film The Circle
- Eamon Dempsey, a character in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
- Eamon O'Reilly, a character in the 1973 film The Doll Squad
- Eamon Valda, a character in Robert Jordan's fantasy book series The Wheel of Time
- Eamon Yzalli, an alias used by Corran Horn in the Star Wars expanded universe novels.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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