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Evan

Welsh variation of John
"God is gracious"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Evan Origin and Meaning

The name Evan is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "God is gracious".

Evan has a mellow nice-guy image that has kept it popular, while it has been widely used in Wales since the nineteenth century. And interestingly—and surprisingly—enough, Evan charts highly for boys in France.

Evan was derived from Iefan, a Welsh version of John. John is ultimately a derivative of the Hebrew name Yochanan, comprised of the elements yo, meaning "God" and chanan, "to be gracious." Evan is actually a Hebrew word itself, meaning "rock."

Jenny McCarthy has a son named Evan, and some other modern associations are former Senator Evan Bayh, novelist Evan Hunter, and the movie Evan Almighty. It is also sometimes used for girls, as in actress Evan Rachel Wood.

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Evan Rank in US Top 1000

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Evan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Evan

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Famous People Named Evan

  • Evan Thomas Peters
    American actor
  • Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III
    U.S. Senator and Governor of Indiana
  • Evan Walsh
    drummer of Irish band The Strypes
  • Evan Mathias Royster
    American NFL football player
  • Evan Blake Smith
    American NFL football player
  • Evan Michael Longoria
    American baseball player
  • Evan Ingersoll aka Chuck Inglish
    American rapper of duo The Cool Kids
  • Evan Handler
    American actor
  • Evan Frank Lysacek
    American figure skater
  • Evan Bates
    American ice dancer
  • Evan Mitchell Lowenstein
    American singer of duo Evan & Jaron; twin brother Jaron Lowenstein
  • Evan Fong aka Vanoss
    Canadian YouTuber
  • Evan Ross
    Naess, American actor/singer, son of singer Diana Ross and Arne Naess
  • Evan Yurman
    son of designers David and Sybil Yurman
  • Evan James Springsteen
    son of singer Bruce Springsteen
  • Evan Shane Stanley
    son of guitarist Paul Stanley of KISS
  • Evan Joseph Asher
    son of actress/model Jenny McCarthy
  • Evan Anthony Dunstan (b. 2012)
    son of Australian youtubers Rohan and Chloe Dunstan (Life with Beans)
  • Evan Edinger
    Internet personality
  • Evan Scott Perry
    the subject of the 2009 documentary film "Boy Interrupted"

The name Evan in Pop Culture

  • Evan Baxter
    character in films Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty
  • Evan Chambers
    character on TV's "Greek"
  • Evan Treborn
    character in movie The Butterfly Effect
  • Evan
    character in movie Cliffhanger
  • Evan Trautwig
    character in movie The Watch
  • Evan Parks
    character on TV's "The Client List"
  • Evan Walker
    character from the book The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
  • Evan Knight
    character on TV's Parenthood
  • Evan Huang
    character on TV's "Fresh Off the Boat"
  • Evan Hansen
    character in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen"
  • Evan Daniels
    also known as Spyke, character in Marvel Universe
  • Evan R. Lawson
    character on USA's Royal Pains
  • Evan "Buck" Buckley
    firefighter on TV series "9,1,1"

International Variations of the name Evan

  • Evin
    Irish
  • Ewan
    Irish
  • Aoibheann
    Irish Gaelic

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