Eamon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Éamonn (“Edmund”). Doublet of Edmund.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ̯mən/
Proper noun
Eamon
- A male given name from Irish.
- 1992, Colm Tóibín, The Heather Blazing, Picador, published 1993, →ISBN, page 25:
- The workman in charge was called Eamonn Breen. He said that there were two 'n's in Eamonn.
'I'm called after Eamon de Valera,' Eamon said. 'And he's the Taoiseach.'
'Yes, and he's wrong,' Eamonn Breen said.
'You're nor Fianna Fáil', he said. Eamonn Breen later told his father what had happened and they both laughed.
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Anagrams
- Aomen, anemo-, noema, omena