Evan

Welsh variation of John

"God is gracious"

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.

Evan Rank in US Top 1000

# 137 in the US

Evan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 159 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Evan

• 137 US 2023
• 159 Nameberry 2025
• 71 Canada 2023
• 169 England 2023
• 183 Scotland 2024
• 63 Ireland 2024
• 70 France 2023
• 177 Netherlands 2015
• 327 Mexico 2021
• 96 Switzerland 2023

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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