Etymology

Evan

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Today it means: A male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John. Full definition →

Welsh Ifan ← Latin Jōhannēs ← Koine Greek Ἰωάννης
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיוֹחָנָן
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromἸωάννης
  3. Latin · derived fromJōhannēs
  4. Welsh · borrowed fromIfan
  5. English todayEvan

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.

Words from the same roots

LatinJōhannēs all →

janseanShaneShaunjanesShauna

Koine GreekἸωάννης all →

johnjeanseanShaneShaunjohannesShauna

Hebrewיוֹחָנָן all →

seanShaneShaunShauna

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.