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Evan

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See also: evañ, evän, and evan

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.vən/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)
  • 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:
      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 surname, a variant of Evans.
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Evan

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

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Esperanto

Proper noun

Evan

  1. accusative singular of Eva

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Evan m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Evan (hard o-stem)
More information singular, dual ...
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

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