Evan

See also: evañ, evän, and evan

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.vən/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən

Etymology 1

Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, and Shawn.

Proper noun

Evan

1. A male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John.
   • 2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2025:

     The rescue swimmer was Coast Guard third petty officer Evan Grills. He was 24 years old, he came from Florida and this was his first rescue.

2. A female given name.
   • 1965 February 7, “Martin Joseph Higgins Fiance of Miss Evan K. LaRocque”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Mr. and Mrs. John W. LaRocque have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Evan Kathrine LaRocque, to Martin Joseph Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Higgins of Larchmont.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2006 April 1, Associated Press, “Britt Lomond, Actor, 80, Is Dead”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2016:

     Besides his wife, Mr. Lomond is survived by a son, Glase, and a daughter, Evan.

   • 2018 April 4, Melena Ryzik, “Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life.”, in The New York Times‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 April 2018:

     When Evan Rachel Wood needs a jolt of confidence, she puts on a certain playlist, a compendium of feminist anthems and feisty classics — “I Will Survive,” “These Boots Are Made for Walking,” Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, some head-whipping grunge and hip-hop.

3. A surname, variant of Evans.

Derived terms

• Evans
• Evanston
• Evanton

Related terms

• Ian
• Ivan
• Jon
• Sean

Translations

given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃文 (zh) (Āiwén)

• French: Yvan (fr) m
• Greek: Έβαν (el) (Évan) (transliteration from English)
• Marathi: एव्हन m (evhan)
• Spanish: Iván (es) m

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Evan

1. A city in Minnesota, United States; named for the first postmaster's wife, Eva.

Anagrams

• nave, Neva, Vane, neva, vane, Nave, Aven, aven, Vena, vena

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈevan/
• Rhymes: -evan
• Syllabification: E‧van

Proper noun

Evan

1. accusative singular of Eva

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɛʋan/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɛvan/

Proper noun

Evan m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Evan (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Evan	Evany	Evani, Evanové
genitive	Evana	Evanú	Evanóv
dative	Evanu, Evanovi	Evanoma	Evanóm
accusative	Evana	Evany	Evany
vocative	Evane	Evany	Evani, Evanové
locative	Evanu, Evanovi	Evanú	Evaniech
instrumental	Evanem	Evanoma	Evany

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Evan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Evan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔevan/ [ˈʔɛː.vɐn̪]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈʔeban/ [ˈʔɛː.bɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -evan, (with nativization) -eban
• Syllabification: E‧van

Proper noun

Evan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from English