Egan

Where Egan comes from

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Egan
  • 2 syllables
Egan through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2003
    Peak, #2,349
    45 babies named Egan, its best rank.
  4. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,470.
In the dictionary
  • An unknown-gender given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.