Eachann

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| name = Eachann

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| gender = Masculine

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| language = Scottish Gaelic

| languageorigin = Celtic

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| derivation = each + donn

| meaning = 1. "horse" + "lord";
2. "horse" + "brown"

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| cognate = Eachdonn

| anglicisation = Hector (given name), Hector (surname)

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| seealso = MacEachainn{{dot}}Hawkins{{dot}}{{nowrap|Ó hEacháin}}

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Eachann is a masculine given name in Scottish Gaelic.{{citation |last=Mark |first=Colin |title=The Gaelic-English Dictionary | publisher=Routledge |year=2006 |location=London |isbn=0-203-22259-8 |page=714 }} A similar and possibly related early form of the name was Eachdonn.{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? |title=Learn about the family history of your surname |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=7 October 2010}} which cited {{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} for the surname "Hector". The name is composed of two elements; the first element is each, meaning "horse". The second element is donn, which has been given two different meanings. One proposed meaning is "brown";{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=120, 121 }} another proposed meaning is "lord".{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} The early Gaelic form of the name, Eachdonn, was 'confused' with the Norse Hakon (which is etymologically unrelated).

Eachann has often been Anglicised as Hector (which is also etymologically unrelated to Eachann).

The Scottish Gaelic surname MacEachainn is a patronymic form of the given name (meaning "son of Eachann").{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? |title=Learn about the family history of your surname |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=7 October 2010}} which cited {{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} for the surname "McEachin".