Ewing (surname)

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Ewing
Family name
Pronunciation /ˈjuːwɪŋ/ YEW-ing
Meaning "(son of) Eógan"
Region of origin Scotland
Language(s) of origin Scottish English
Related names MacEwen and McEwing
Ewan and Ewans
Ewen and Ewens
Ewin and Ewins
Hewin and Hewins
Ewings
Clan affiliations Clan Ewen of Otter
Clan MacLachlan
Clan MacEwen
Clan Campbell

The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an Anglicised form derived from the Gaelic clan name "Clann Eóghain" meaning "Children of Eóghain".[1][2] The forename "Eógan" is thought to derive ultimately from the Greek eugenes (Greek- ευγενής, meaning "noble", literally "well-born").

The earliest known coat of arms in the name Ewing appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566.[3]

Notable people with the surname "Ewing"

born after 1700
born after 1800
born after 1900
  • Maurice Ewing (1906-1974), American geophysicist and oceanographer
  • Ian Orr-Ewing (1912-1999), British politician
  • James Arthur Ewing (1916-), 40th Governor of American Samoa
  • Streamline Ewing, born John Ewing (1917–2002), American jazz trombonist
  • Winnie Ewing (1929-), Scottish politician
  • James Eugene Ewing (1933-)
  • Robert Ewing III (1935–2007), American photographer, grandson of the newspaper publisher
  • Thomas W. Ewing (1935-), US politician
  • John H. Ewing (1918–2012), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate
  • Rufus Ewing (1942-), politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Randy Ewing (1944-), American politician from Louisiana
  • Margaret Ewing (1945-), Scottish politician, wife of Fergus Ewing
born after 1950

Fictional characters

See also

  • Ewing (disambiguation)
  • Orr-Ewing Baronets

Descendants of Adlai Osborne Ewing:

External links

References

  • 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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