Origin and meaning of Evan

Evan
Celtic
Male
young warrior, well-born
Meaning&Origin
Evan is a Celtic boys name.
The meaning of the name is `young warrior, well-born `.
Where is it used?
Iefan (In Welsh)
John (In English and in the bible)
It is an abbreviated form of
Evangelos, used in Greek.
See also
In Welsh: Ieuan
In Welsh: Ifan
In Welsh: Siôn
In Swedish and in Icelandic: Jon
In Spanish: Juan
In Slovene: Janez
In Serbian: Jovan
In Scottish and in English: Ian
In Scottish: Iain
In Russian, Czech, Serbian and in Croatian: Ivan
In Russian: Ioann
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioan
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioana
In Romanian: Ionela
In Romanian: Iancu
In Romanian: Ionel
In Portuguese: João
In Polish: Iwan
In Norwegian and in English: Jonette
In Manx: Ean
In Lithuanian: Jonas
In Latvian: Janis
In Italian: Giovanna
In Irish and in Scottish: Eoin
In Irish: Sean
In Hungarian: János
In Hawaiian: Keoni
In Greek: Ioannes
In Greek: Ioannis
In Greek: Yannis
In German, Dutch, Scandinavian and in Late Roman: Johannes
In Galician: Xoán
In Finnish and in Hungarian: Jani
In Finnish: Hannu
In Finnish: Juha
In Finnish: Jouni
In Finnish: Jukka
In Finnish: Jussi
In Finnish: Juho
In Finnish: Juhani
In Finnish: Juhana
In Finnish: Joni
In Esperanto: Jochjo
In Esperanto: Johano
In English: Jonelle
In English: Jack
In English: Johnie
In English: Jan
In English: Jonie
In English: Hank
In English: Johnnie
In English: Johnny
In Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech and in Polish: Jan
In Dutch, Polish and in Czech: Jana
In Danish: Jens
In Cornish: Jowan
In Catalan: Joan
In Breton and in French: Yann
In the bible (Original): Yehochanan
In Basque and in Romanian: Ion
Statistics
The name Evan was given to 9345 babies in the USA in 2004. Evan was the number 66 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 9853 babies making it the number 39 name that year.
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