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We live in the USA, but our son Eoin is a dual citizen (his Daddy is from Northern Ireland). It was was initially for my American difficult for my family to adjust to the spelling and pronunciation of his name, but now after 19 months, it just fits him perfectly! We chose to go with the Irish spelling, rather than "Owen" to embrace his Irish heritage. :)

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My brother is called Eoin and while people occasionally mispronounce it as Ian he has never had a problem with it (although this may be because we live in Northern Ireland where people are used to the even more extreme Eoghan). he has never been teased about it- it doesn't rhyme with anything and the only comments he's ever gotten about it were what a strong, nice name it was.

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Eosy Posey

Meanings and history of the name Eoin: | Edit

Gaelic form of John.
Meaning is "Desire Born"

Famous real-life people named Eoin: | Edit

Eoin Colfer, Irish author of the Artemis Fowl books.
Eoin McNamee, Irish writer.
Eoin O’Keeffe, Irish composer.

Eoin in song, story & screen: | Edit

Eoin McLove, petulant, childlike TV singer who visits Mrs. Doyle, his biggest fan, on the BBC series "Father Ted". The character is based on Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell.