Ēvan

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Ēvan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 28th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 32as Ivan
  • BGBulgaria1 in 46as Иван

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ēvan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400,000 named Иван, est.

#37 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
511 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ИванCyrillic(measured from records)
IvanLatin(measured from records)
ԻվանArmenian(measured from records)
ΙβανGreek(measured from records)
ইভানBengali(measured from records)
이반Hangul(measured from records)
ივანGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Иван in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria, MD Moldova, Ivan in US United States, HR Croatia, ID Indonesia and Іван in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Ēvan: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Ēvan
  1. LatinJohannes(measured from records)
  2. Koine GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
  3. HebrewיוֹחָנָןYōḥānān“God is gracious”(measured from records)

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

Sources 7

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ēvan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ēvan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#28≈1,400,000 est.≈1 in 100#6Иван289
UA Ukraine#14≈780,000 est.≈1 in 56listedІван158
US United States#444254,2551 in 1.3K250KIvan511
ID Indonesia#213≈190,000 est.≈1 in 1.4KlistedIvan214
BG Bulgaria#2151,005as Иван1 in 46151KИван218
HR Croatia#2130,828as Ivan1 in 32131KIvan208
MD Moldova#77354,717as Ivan1 in 6155KИван40

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); NSI — most common given names (population); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ēvan is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name61 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, Greek, German

    Also written Evan, Evans, E'Van, Evon, E-Van

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ēvan under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ēvan mean, and where does it come from?
Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and A concise dictionary of first names and 5 other sources.
Is Ēvan a male or female name?
Ēvan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Ēvan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 million people named Иван in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Ēvan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ēvan is densest in the United States — about 1 in 1.3 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ēvan?
In the United States, the national register counted 254,255 people named Ēvan in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
How common is Ēvan compared with other names?
In Russia, Ēvan is the 28th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ēvan” — the 28th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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