Evan
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Evan is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from Iefan, a Welsh form of the name John. Evan can also occasionally be found as a shortened version of Greek names like Evangelos, Evander, or Evandro. While predominantly male, the name is occasionally given to women, as with the actress Evan Rachel Wood. It may also be encountered as a surname, although Evans is a far more common form within this context.
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- Instance of
- male given name
- Said to be same as
- János
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- language of work or name
- Dutch
- different from
- Evan
- name in kana
- エバン
- native label
- Evan
- Commons category
- Evan (given name)
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- E150
- Cologne phonetics
- 036
- Caverphone
- AFN111
- described by source
- Wiktionary
- given name version for other gender
- Eva
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Encyclopedic overview
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- People
- Given name
- Fictional characters
- Surname
- Popular culture references to the name Evan
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Evan is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from Iefan, a Welsh form of the name John. Evan can also occasionally be found as a shortened version of Greek names like Evangelos, Evander, or Evandro. While predominantly male, the name is occasionally given to women, as with the actress Evan Rachel Wood. It may also be encountered as a surname, although Evans is a far more common form within this context.
Other languages possess words and names ostensibly similar to Evan, such as Eòghann in Scottish Gaelic, Eógan in Irish, Owain in Welsh, and Owen in English. However, these names are altogether different etymologically, generally thought to come from the Greek and Latin word eugenēs, which means "noble" or "well-born".
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