Evan

See also: evañ, evän, and evan

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.vən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Evan

1. A male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John.
2. A surname, a variant of Evans.

Derived terms

• Evans
• Evanton

 

Related terms

• Ian
• Ivan
• Jon
• Sean

 

Translations

given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃文 (zh) (Āiwén)

• French: Yvan (fr) m
• Greek: Έβαν (el) (Évan) (transliteration from English)
• Marathi: एव्हन m (evhan)
• Spanish: Iván (es) m

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Evan

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

Anagrams

• nave, Neva, Vane, neva, vane, Nave, Aven, aven, Vena, vena

Esperanto

Proper noun

Evan

1. accusative singular of Eva

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Evan m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Evan (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Evan	Evany	Evani, Evanové
genitive	Evana	Evanú	Evanóv
dative	Evanu, Evanovi	Evanoma	Evanóm
accusative	Evana	Evany	Evany
vocative	Evane	Evany	Evani, Evanové
locative	Evanu, Evanovi	Evanú	Evaniech
instrumental	Evanem	Evanoma	Evany

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Evan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění