''Eachann'' is a masculine

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in the

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. A similar and possibly related early form of the name was ''Eachdonn''. which cited for the surname "Hector". The name is composed of two elements; the first element is ''each'', meaning "

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". The second element is ''donn'', which has been given two different meanings. One proposed meaning is "

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"; another proposed meaning is "lord". The early Gaelic form of the name, ''Eachdonn'', was 'confused' with the Norse ''Hakon'' (which is etymologically unrelated). ''Eachann'' has often been

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as ''

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'' (which is also etymologically unrelated to ''Eachann''). The Scottish Gaelic surname '' MacEachainn'' is a

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form of the given name (meaning "son of ''Eachann''"). which cited for the surname "McEachin".

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 Mairead inghean Eachainn, also known as Mairead nic Eachainn, was a consort of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (a man also known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"). She was the daughter of a man named Eachann, and probably the mother of several children, ...

, the spouse of

Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Alasdair Mór mac an Rígh, and called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – c. 20 July 1405), was the third surviving son of King Robert II of Scotland and youngest by his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He ...

, and mother of

Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar Alexander Stewart (c. 13751435) was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Mar from 1404. He acquired the earldom through marriage to the hereditary countess, and successfully ruled the northern part of Scotland. Biography He was an illegitimate son of ...

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