Eamonn
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Scottish Gaelic; a prosperous protector
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 15 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
Eamonn is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 26K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 260 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,700 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Scottish Gaelic; a prosperous protector
Cited for this meaning 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Eamonn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 4 | Eamonn | 196 |
| IE Ireland | #189 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Eamonn | 134 |
| US United States | — | 1,435 | 1 in 232K | 1.4K | Eamonn | 260 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 3 | Eamonn | 124 |
| BR Brazil | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 901K | — | Eamonn | 9 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 217K | 1 | Eamonn | 82 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Eamonn | 34 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Eamonn Andrewsb. 1922IEIrish TV and radio personality (1922-1987)
- Eamonn McCannb. 1943GBNorthern Irish writer and activist (born 1943)
- Eamonn Campbellb. 1946IEIrish musician (1946–2017)
- Eamonn Coghlanb. 1952IEIrish runner and politician
- Eamonn Martinb. 1958GBBritish athlete
- Eamonn Holmesb. 1959GBNorthern Irish television presenter (born 1959)
- Eamonn Walkerb. 1962GBEnglish actor
- Eamonn Toalb. 1968IEIrish singer
- Eamonn Owensb. 1983IEIrish actor
- Eamonn Brophyb. 1996GBScottish association football player (born 1996)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)27 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.4K | #9,613 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 46 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 38 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 37 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 33 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eamonn mean, and where does it come from?
- Scottish Gaelic; a prosperous protector Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- Is Eamonn a male or female name?
- Eamonn is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Eamonn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Eamonn in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eamonn.
- How common is the name Eamonn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,435 people named Eamonn in 2020, about 1 in 232 thousand residents.
- How common is Eamonn compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Eamonn is the 189th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eamonnThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eamonn” — the 189th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.