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in reply to a message by tyrone
I take it that Tyrone is what your seeking?
Tyrone
Irish American: probably a habitational name from the county of Tyrone (Gaelic Tir Eoghain ‘land of Owen’) in Ulster. The name was used as a forename among an Irish-American family of actors, of whom the first on record was Tyrone Power (1795–1841) and the most famous was his great-grandson, also called Tyrone Power (1914–58). It is not found as a surname in Ireland.
Tyrone
English (esp. U.S.): from the name of a county in Northern Ireland and a town in Pennsylvania. Its use as a given name seems to be entirely due to the influence of the two film actors (father and son) called Tyrone Power.
Owen
Welsh: of uncertain origin. It may have derived in the sub-Roman period from the Latin name Eugenius (see Eugene). Alternatively, it may represent an Old Celtic name meaning “born of Esos”. Esos or Aesos was a god with a cult in Gaul. Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Eóghan.
Eóghan
Irish and Scottish Gaelic: name of great antiquity and disputed derivation. It has been suggested that it may be composed of Old Celtic elements meaning “yew” and “born”, i.e. “born of the yew”. It is Anglicized in Ireland as Owen and Eugene, in Scotland as Ewan, Ewen, Euan, Evan, and sometimes Hugh. Variant: Scottish Gaelic: Eòghann.
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Tyrone
Irish American: probably a habitational name from the county of Tyrone (Gaelic Tir Eoghain ‘land of Owen’) in Ulster. The name was used as a forename among an Irish-American family of actors, of whom the first on record was Tyrone Power (1795–1841) and the most famous was his great-grandson, also called Tyrone Power (1914–58). It is not found as a surname in Ireland.
Tyrone
English (esp. U.S.): from the name of a county in Northern Ireland and a town in Pennsylvania. Its use as a given name seems to be entirely due to the influence of the two film actors (father and son) called Tyrone Power.
Owen
Welsh: of uncertain origin. It may have derived in the sub-Roman period from the Latin name Eugenius (see Eugene). Alternatively, it may represent an Old Celtic name meaning “born of Esos”. Esos or Aesos was a god with a cult in Gaul. Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Eóghan.
Eóghan
Irish and Scottish Gaelic: name of great antiquity and disputed derivation. It has been suggested that it may be composed of Old Celtic elements meaning “yew” and “born”, i.e. “born of the yew”. It is Anglicized in Ireland as Owen and Eugene, in Scotland as Ewan, Ewen, Euan, Evan, and sometimes Hugh. Variant: Scottish Gaelic: Eòghann.
More here ...http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&ln=&fn=&yr=1920
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