Hi Sylvia,
The non-academic answer is that if you look at IoM parish registers, especially around the late 1700s, you will see men marrying as Ewan, and then having children bapt with father's name Hugh - and sometimes elder children with father Ewan, and younger ones with father Hugh (and sometimes vice versa).
Sue
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