Evans

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/ˈɛvənz/

proper noun

A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] common in Wales, derived from the given name Evan (or Ifan in Welsh).

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Meanings

proper nounEvans (countable and uncountable, plural Evanses or Evans)

plural Evanses · alternative Avans

  1. countableA surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] common in Wales, derived from the given name Evan (or Ifan in Welsh).
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    ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the U.S.

    2025 August 18, Patrick Whittle, “Maine police officer arrested by ICE agrees to voluntarily leave the country”, in AP News
  2. A placename
    1. countableuncountableA city (home rule municipality) in Weld County, Colorado.
    2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Columbia County, Georgia.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Erie County, New York.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
    5. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Evans County.
proper noun

alternative Avans

  1. pluralplural of Evan

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Evans

heavensJevonsall sixes and sevensat sixes and sevens
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Anagrams

VesnaSevannavesavensNevas
Cite this entry
APA

Evans. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Evans

MLA

“Evans.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Evans. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Evans,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Evans.

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