Evan - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Evan \e-van\ is pronounced EV-an. It is of Welsh origin. Variant of a Gaelic name anglicized as John (Hebrew) "the Lord is gracious". In Celtic, the name means "young warrior". In Welsh, it means "God is Good". It is also used as a short form of Evangelos, which means "good messenger" in Greek. In Hebrew, Evan means "rock". See also Evian.

Evan has 15 variant forms: Euan, Euen, Evann, Evans, Ev, Eva, Even, Evin, Evo, Evon, Evyn, Ewan, Ewen, Ewy and Owen.

For more information, see also related names Avon and Van.

Baby names that sound like Evan are Ivan, Evion, Jovan, Ivano, Ifan, Ivon, Iven, Javan, Jevan, Jivan, Ivann and Yvon.

Evan is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Evan. Click here to compare Evan with related baby names.