Keown Family History
Keown Name Meaning
Irish (Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain (in Connacht) ‘son of Eoghan’ a personal name meaning ‘born of the yew’ and Mac Eoin (in east Ulster) meaning ‘son of John’. See McEwan . This name has also been associated with Ó Ceotháin in Fermanagh.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022