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What's the feminine form of the name 'Eoghan'?

  • 09-05-2022 01:13PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26


    I'd like to know the feminine form of the name 'Eoghan'. Does it exist? Is it different from the masculine form?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    In Scotland they have Eoina. Haven't heard a version in Ireland.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭LennieB


    Haven't heard of it but given the translation of Eoghan is Eugene would it be the Irish translation of Eugenie as above?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,054 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Síobhain is the feminine version of Eoghan.


    Same route from Latin for John.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,904 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Jean



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭touts


    Eogheen

    It probably doesn't actually exist as a name but that doesn't stop half of South County Dublin when they are picking Irish names for their children.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 GA525G


    Eoghan =/= Eoin

    They are different names. Eoin is the Irish equivalent of the Biblical John - "John the Baptist" is "Eoin Baiste" in Irish, "Pope John Paul" is "Pápa Eoin Pól", the "Gospel of John" is "Soiscéal Eoin".

    Seán is derived from the French version of that name, Jean, introduced to Ireland by the Normans.

    Eoghan is usually associated with the name Eugene, not John.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,736 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    My name is Eoin, I was recently thinking it’s possibly a stupid name which is illogical when pronounced pheonetically and I theorised that it was replaced by Eoghan by old Irish speakers because that made sense at least with pronounciation. Happy to hear that’s not the case 😊



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