All around the world, יואן (Ioan 
, Yuan 
, Ewen 
) is a widespread predominantly masculine, but very seldom feminine forename. The first name יואן is characteristic of Greece, where it is a widespread male name, Romania, and Andorra, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Romania, Greece, and Indonesia. More prevalently, יואן is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Ioan | Greece, Romania, Indonesia, United States, China |
| Yuan | Greece, Romania, United States, Malaysia, China |
| Ewen | Spain, Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, China |
| יואן | Israel |
Džons, Erwann, Evan, Ewan, Gian, Gianni, Giannis, Giovan, Giovanni, Giuàn, Hannes, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Ian, Ianka, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Ion, Ionut, Ionuț, Ivan, Ivano, Ivans, Ivashka, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Iwo, Jaan, Jack, Jan, Janka, Janos, Jean, Jehan, Jhoao, Joan, Joannes, Joao, Jogvan, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Johannès,
יואן is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Owen Lars , the Star Wars character, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; Owen , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us Part II; Zou Yuan , the Water Margin character; Owen Mercer , character in Identity Crisis and Owen , the fictional character from the Total Drama television series, Total Drama Island, and in many other works.