Eachann

Eachann
Origin
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Scottish Gaelic
Language(s)	Celtic
Derivation	each + donn
Meaning	1. "horse" + "lord"; 2. "horse" + "brown"
Other names
Cognate(s)	Eachdonn
Anglicisation(s)	Hector (given name), Hector (surname)
See also	MacEachainn · Hawkins · Ó hEacháin

Eachann is a masculine given name in the Scottish Gaelic.^[1] A similar and possibly related early form of the name was Eachdonn.^[2] The name is composed of two elements; the first element is each, meaning "horse". The second element is donn, which has been given two different meanings. One proposed meaning is "brown";^[3] another proposed meaning is "lord".^[4] The early Gaelic form of the name, Eachdonn, was 'confused' with the Norse Hakon (which is etymologically unrelated).^[2]

Eachann has often been Anglicised as Hector (which is also etymologically unrelated to Eachann).^[3]

The Scottish Gaelic surname MacEachainn is a patronymic form of the given name (meaning "son of Eachann").^[5]

People with the given name

Eachann Mac Goraidh MacAlasdair, chief of Clan MacAlister.
Eachann Maclean, may refer to many people.

People with the given name as part of a patronymic name

Goraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdair, Chief of Clan MacAlister, son of Eachann Mac Goraidh MacAlasdair.
Mairead inghean Eachainn, the spouse of Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, and mother of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar.

References

^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 714, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
^ ^a ^b "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 7 October 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Hector".
^ ^a ^b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 120, 121, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 7 October 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "McEachin".