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, Irish television personality
• Éamon de Buitléar, Irish documentary film maker
• Eamonn Butler, British economist, director of the Adam Smith Institute
• Eamonn Breen, Irish gaelic football player
• Eamonn Campbell, Irish musician
• Eamonn Casey, Irish bishop
• Éamonn Ceannt, Irish nationalist and rebel
• Eamonn Coghlan, Irish runner and senator
• Eamon Collins, Irish Republican Army volunteer
• Eamon Colman, Irish artist
• Eamonn Darcy, Irish golfer
• Eamon (singer), American singer-songwriter
• Eamonn Duggan, Irish politician
• Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and television football pundit
• Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish television personality
• Eamon Keane, Irish actor
• Eamonn Keane (weightlifter), Irish weightlifter
• Eamon Kissane, Irish politician
• Eamonn McCann, Northern Irish journalist and activist
• Eamon McGee, Irish footballer
• Eamonn McGrath, Irish author
• Eamon Powell, American ice hockey player
• Eamon Ryan, Irish Green Party politician
• Éamonn Ryan, Irish football manager
• Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer
• Éamon de Valera, Irish taoiseach and president
• Eamonn Walker, British actor
• Eamon Zayed, Irish-Libyan footballer

Fictional characters

• Éamon in the RTÉ comedy production Bridget & Éamon
• Eamon, a minor character in the 1988 film High Spirits
• Eamon Bailey a character in the 2017 film The Circle
• Eamon O'Reilly, a character in The Doll Squad
• Eamon Valda, 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