Evan

Where Evan comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Evan
  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #363 among boys — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1987
    Evan Peters born
    American actor
  3. 1999
    Evan Ndicka born
    Ivorian-French footballer
  4. 2009
    Peak, #35
    10,280 babies named Evan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #85.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Evan Peters · American actor, born 1987
  • Evan Ndicka · Ivorian-French footballer, born 1999
  • Evan Fournier · French basketball player, born 1992
  • Evan Ferguson · Irish association football player, born 2004
  • Evan Williams · American technology entrepreneur, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.