Ewan
Ewan is a boy name of Scottish origin, meaning Born of the yew tree.
What Ewan means
Born of the yew tree.
Ewan is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Ewan comes from
Scottish names draw on both Gaelic and Scots, and many began as clan or place names before becoming personal ones.
Ewan is recorded as Scottish in origin. Browse other Scottish names.
How popular is Ewan?
Ewan sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ewan
Ewan sits in our the natural world group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Nature
Names like Ewan
These share Ewan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Callum — Dove; peace.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Glen — From the valley.
- Lachlan — From the land of lakes.
- Logan — From the little hollow.
- Ainsley — One's own meadow.
- Lennox — With many elm trees.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Oliver — Olive tree; symbol of peace.
- Ronan — Little seal.
- Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.
- Silas — Of the forest.