Ewing (surname)

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Ewing
Family Name
Meaning noble or well-born
Region of origin Britain
Language of origin English
Related names Ewan
Ewen and Ewens
Ewin and Ewins
Ewings
Hewin and Hewins
Owen
Uwins
Yewen
Youens
Youings
Popularity Behind the Name 
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Ewing, pronounced ['ju.wɪŋ] ('yew-ing'), is a common surname.

Ewing comes from the Greek eugenes (Greek- ευγενής, meaning "noble", literally "well-born") via the Gaelic Eoghan, leading to Ewen, which has the same roots as Owen, according the Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames. Ewing is one of the more common of the many variations that appears throughout Celtic Britain and also in Brittany (as Evin), including the latinised Eugenius, as well as Eugene and MacEwen/MacEwan

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[edit] Notable people with the surname "Ewing"

Also descendants of Adlai Osborne Ewing:

Also the Orr-Ewing Baronets:

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  • Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (page 158, by P. H. Reaney, revised by R. M. Wilson, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-280663-7)
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