Eoin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Eoin

What is the meaning of the name Eoin ?

The baby name Eoin is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced [oːnʲ].

Eoin is Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Latin in Origin.

Eoin is the Irish form of John, ultimately from Hebrew Yôḥānān or Yəhôḥānān, Latinized as Iohannes through Greek Iōannēs. Its root language is Hebrew: the theophoric element yô-/yəho- refers to the God of Israel, while ḥānān is the verb to be gracious or show favor, giving the literal sense God is gracious. In Irish, Eoin reflects the ecclesiastical borrowing used in biblical translation rather than the unrelated native name Eoghan.

Medieval and modern Irish usage made Eoin the standard form for John the Baptist, John the Apostle, and other biblical Johns; Scottish Gaelic has Eòin, and Welsh Ioan is a close Brittonic cognate. Seán, another Irish form, entered through Anglo-Norman and French influence. The name remains most familiar in Ireland, with bearers including scholar Eoin MacNeill and novelist Eoin Colfer, while English speakers often approximate it to Owen.