Eamonn (given name)

Eamonn or Eamon (/ˈeɪmən/ AY-mən; Irish: Éamonn, Éamon, or Eadhmonn pronounced [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ]), is a masculine Irish given name. It is an Irish form of the English Edmund, or Edward,^[1] which are derived from Old English names containing the elements ēad ("prosperity, riches"), mund ("protector") and ward (guard).^[2]

List of people with the given names

• Eamonn Andrews (1922-1987), Irish television personality
• Éamon de Buitléar (1930-2013), Irish documentary film maker
• Eamonn Butler (born 1953), British economist, director of the Adam Smith Institute
• Eamonn Breen, Irish gaelic football player
• Eamonn Campbell (1946-2017), Irish musician
• Eamonn Casey (1927-2017), Irish bishop
• Éamonn Ceannt (1881-1916), Irish nationalist and rebel
• Eamonn Coghlan (born 1952), Irish runner and senator
• Eamon Collins (1954-1999), Irish Republican Army volunteer
• Eamon Colman (born 1957), Irish artist
• Eamonn Darcy (born 1952), Irish golfer
• Eamon (singer), American singer-songwriter
• Eamonn Duggan (1878-1936), Irish politician
• Eamon Dunphy (born 1945), Irish footballer and television football pundit
• Eamonn Holmes (born 1959), Northern Irish television personality
• Eamon Keane (born 1925-1990), Irish actor
• Eamonn Keane (weightlifter) , Irish weightlifter
• Eamon Kissane (1899-1979), Irish politician
• Eamonn McCann (born 1943), Northern Irish journalist and activist
• Eamon McGee (born 1984), Irish footballer
• Eamonn McGrath (1929-2008), Irish author
• Eamon Powell (born 2002), American ice hockey player
• Eamon Ryan (born 1963), Irish Green Party politician
• Éamonn Ryan (1941-2021), Irish football manager
• Eamon Sullivan (born 1985), Australian swimmer
• Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), Irish taoiseach and president
• Eamonn Walker (born 1962), British actor
• Eamon Zayed (born 1983), Irish-Libyan footballer

Fictional characters

• Éamon, a main character in the RTÉ sitcom Bridget & Éamon
• Eamon, a minor character in the 1988 film High Spirits
• Eamon Bailey, a character in the 2017 film The Circle
• Eamon Dempsey, a character in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Eamon O'Reilly, a character in the 1973 film The Doll Squad
• Eamon Valda, a character in Robert Jordan's fantasy book series The Wheel of Time
• Eamon Yzalli, an alias used by Corran Horn in the Star Wars expanded universe novels.

See also

• Eamonn (disambiguation)
• List of Irish-language given names