Evan Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Evan

Evan Name Origin: Welsh
Pronunciation: ehv-an
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Evan Name Meaning

A well-known name that’s avoided overuse, Evan is a handsome pick with effortless style. He’s short and sweet, a great alternative to the similar mega-popular picks Liam and Noah.

With boy-next-door appeal and endless likability, Evan doesn’t need all the bells and whistles to get your attention. He has a dashing sound with a simple spelling, avoiding pronunciation issues. As the Welsh form of John, he’s also a great way to honor a family member with the moniker.

Evan has the enviable ability to age gracefully, never feeling childish or too mature. He’s perfect for a spry young boy on the go and a hardworking adult as well. He’s also immune to feeling dated, consistently ranking over the years to avoid feeling trendy like other names that spike in popularity but taper off quickly.

Evan’s sound may seem familiar, as his rhyming friends Kevin and Devin have also dotted the charts in use along with him. While they have slowed in usage, Evan continues to go strong, remaining a familiar face in playgroups.

A cheery boy with more than enough heart to go around, little Evan is always striving to make those around him happy. He has a natural glow to him that draws people in, making him a natural entertainer whether he’s juggling everything in sight or popping a wheelie on his new bike.

Evan Name Popularity

How popular is the name Evan? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	0	0%
1912	—	20	0.004%
1913	—	43	0.0076%
1914	—	23	0.0033%
1915	—	79	0.0087%
1916	—	122	0.0126%
1917	—	96	0.0096%
1918	—	101	0.0094%
1919	—	68	0.0065%
1920	—	97	0.0087%
1921	—	99	0.0086%
1922	—	111	0.01%
1923	—	86	0.0077%
1924	—	106	0.0091%
1925	—	96	0.0085%
1926	—	65	0.0059%
1927	—	93	0.0084%
1928	—	66	0.0062%
1929	—	71	0.0069%
1930	—	79	0.0076%
1931	—	46	0.0047%
1932	—	42	0.0043%
1933	—	48	0.0052%
1934	—	78	0.0081%
1935	—	41	0.0042%
1936	—	35	0.0036%
1937	—	75	0.0076%
1938	—	65	0.0063%
1939	—	74	0.0073%
1940	—	65	0.0061%
1941	—	72	0.0064%
1942	—	110	0.0087%
1943	—	84	0.0064%
1944	—	78	0.0063%
1945	—	78	0.0064%
1946	—	109	0.0074%
1947	—	139	0.0083%
1948	—	87	0.0054%
1949	—	108	0.0067%
1950	—	142	0.0088%
1951	—	170	0.01%
1952	—	224	0.0128%
1953	—	200	0.0113%
1954	—	225	0.0123%
1955	—	269	0.0146%
1956	—	288	0.0152%
1957	—	243	0.0126%
1958	—	275	0.0146%
1959	—	340	0.0179%
1960	—	389	0.0205%
1961	—	437	0.0231%
1962	—	447	0.0243%
1963	—	418	0.0233%
1964	—	550	0.0312%
1965	—	503	0.0308%
1966	—	502	0.0322%
1967	—	427	0.0281%
1968	—	405	0.027%
1969	—	501	0.0325%
1970	—	529	0.0332%
1971	—	512	0.0341%
1972	—	516	0.0379%
1973	—	518	0.04%
1974	—	585	0.045%
1975	—	584	0.0454%
1976	—	745	0.0578%
1977	—	967	0.0717%
1978	—	1,141	0.0849%
1979	—	1,390	0.0986%
1980	—	1,614	0.1104%
1981	—	1,966	0.1337%
1982	—	2,670	0.1787%
1983	—	3,046	0.2064%
1984	—	2,938	0.1975%
1985	—	3,219	0.2121%
1986	—	3,885	0.2574%
1987	—	3,866	0.2533%
1988	—	4,334	0.2781%
1989	—	4,922	0.305%
1990	—	5,308	0.3202%
1991	—	5,451	0.3344%
1992	—	6,051	0.3791%
1993	—	6,083	0.3902%
1994	—	5,891	0.3839%
1995	—	6,086	0.4038%
1996	—	5,579	0.3726%
1997	—	6,002	0.4058%
1998	—	6,083	0.4064%
1999	—	6,850	0.4574%
2000	—	7,332	0.48%
2001	—	7,259	0.4818%
2002	—	7,384	0.4927%
2003	—	9,443	0.6207%
2004	—	9,980	0.6548%
2005	—	10,105	0.6609%
2006	—	10,128	0.6468%
2007	—	10,289	0.6521%
2008	—	9,922	0.642%
2009	—	10,275	0.6875%
2010	—	9,729	0.6751%
2011	—	8,651	0.6072%
2012	—	7,897	0.5542%
2013	—	7,112	0.4995%
2014	—	6,712	0.4607%
2015	—	5,900	0.4055%
2016	—	5,596	0.3881%
2017	—	4,709	0.3374%
2018	—	4,356	0.3171%
2019	—	3,935	0.2907%
2020	—	3,308	0.2599%
2021	—	3,182	0.2603%
2022	—	2,812	0.2132%
2023	—	2,581	0.1994%

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Names Like Evan

If you like Evan, you’ll love these other names like Evan.

What names are diminutives of Evan?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Evan sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Evan, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Ev	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Eva	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Evo	Yew	French
Van	Of	Danish
Vin	Prevailing	Latin

What names are variants of Evan?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Evan.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Euan	Born of yew; youth	Scottish
Euen	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Evann	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Evans	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Even	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Evin	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Evion		American
Evon	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Evyn	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh

Ewan	Born of yew; youth; God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Ewen		Irish
Ewy	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Ian	God is gracious	Scottish
Ifan	God is gracious	Welsh
Ivan	God is gracious	Slavic
Ivann	God is gracious	Hebrew
Ivano	God is gracious	Slavic
Iven	Yew	French
Ivon	Yew	French
Javan	Ionian	Hebrew
Jevan		American
Jivan	Life	Indian (Sanskrit)
John	God is gracious	Hebrew
Jovan	Form of John	Slavic

Owen	Noble born	Welsh
Yvon	Yew	French

What names sound like Evan?

If you like how Evan sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Evan.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Devin	From dark-haired ones	Irish
Devon	Deep valley dweller	English
Ethan	Enduring and strong	Hebrew
Evander	Good man	Greek
Evangelino	Good news	Greek
Evangelo	Good news	Greek
Evangelos	Messenger who brought good news	Greek
Evelyn	“The man from the house near the hazelnut tree.” Based on the Latin avellana, a hazelnut.	Ancient
Ever	Always	American
Everest	Dweller on the Eure river	English
Everett	Brave boar	English
Kevin	Handsome	Irish
Seven	The number seven	English

What names are similar to Evan?

Find a name that’s like Evan, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender

Adam	Man	Hebrew
Austin	Great	English
Eric	Everlasting ruler	Scandinavian
Henry	Home ruler	English
James	Supplanter	English
Jasper	Treasurer	English
Liam	Helmet of will	Irish
Michael	Who is Like God?	Hebrew
Ryan	Little king	Irish
Thomas	Twin	Greek

Lists With Evan

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Siblings of Evan

Mamas with kids named Evan also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Gabriella	God is my strength	Italian
Brynna	Little drop of water; raven or black-haired; high, noble, exalted; defender; hill, mount	Welsh

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25 Comments

Lukas Evan Alano Apr 21 at 1:17 pm

He Is My Brother And He Loves Basketball So Much And Likes TheNBA And He Loves Spending Time With Me And I Play With Him And He Is Born In Novemeber 14 2015 And I Loved Him So Much And He Is Mty Top 1 Best Brother Ever In The World And The Universe And He Eats, Sleeps, Watches And Sit Beside Me At All Times

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Julie Mar 21 at 2:45 pm

Our 2nd son is Evan Charles Isaac. He is named after his two Uncle John’s and the John’s in the Bible. “God is gracious” is a wonderful meaning.

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- Julie Mar 21 at 3:01 pm
  
  Johns not John’s
  
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Erica Nov 1 at 8:10 am

He is our 5th boy (Eli, Rowan, Theo, Wesley). We’ve had a running name list the whole 7 years and Evan was never on it. At about 32 hours old, it randomly popped in my head on the way back from a 3am bathroom trip – Mom brain!! I thought it was so fitting and a strong name you don’t hear everyday. The meaning is “God is Gracious” which is also so fitting for our Rainbow baby! Everyone loves it so far!!

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Lol I said my name is evan instead of saying Evan May 24 at 10:09 am

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My name is Evan May 24 at 10:07 am

I love my name as it represents me very much a I am very pleased to be with God and his young warrior and a everlasting ruler:D

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Evan Alano Oct 6 at 6:31 am

My Brother Name Is Evan Alano He Is The Best Brother In The Whole Entire World And Universe He Is 6 Years Old Boy

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ruth Sep 5 at 7:22 am

My husbands middle name

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Annette Feb 10 at 12:26 pm

Evan is a Welsh name and my husband is Welsh. It means “God is Good” and God is Good because he blessed us with our miracle baby.

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Miriam Nov 29 at 5:08 pm

We already had two boys with E names so wanted to include baby boy number three in the pattern.
We liked that Evan is a form of the Bible name John, meaning God is gracious. It is a sound, classy name and we feel it suites our little guy well.

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Julia Oct 22 at 5:16 pm

In the book Digging the Wells of Revival by Lou Engle he mentions, “Name them, claim them and frame them for life”. So, we chose the name Evan because of it’s meaning. We named our first son Ethan because of the meaning as well. We wanted to give our sons strong and meaningful names and also as brothers to be similar in sound. Ethan; is Hebrew in origin and most often means “strong,” “safe,” “solid,” and “firm.” These are characteristics seen in Ethan, “the Ezrahite,” from the Bible. He is also viewed as being wise. Evan; is the Welsh form of John which is the English form of the Hebrew “Yohanan” meaning “Jehovah has favored” or “Yahweh is gracious” from “hanan” “he was gracious”.

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Danielle Aug 14 at 10:58 am

We had a few other names picked as possible names and Evan never came up previously but when he was born we first thought of the name and new it suited him best

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Nicole Aug 9 at 12:34 pm

Loved the name meaning of Evan. It means “The Lord is gracious”

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Lauren Mar 29 at 10:17 am

We have another boy whose name also starts with an E, so we wanted to choose another E name for this baby as well. I like Evan because it is short and pretty easy to pronounce.

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Tina Dec 8 at 10:58 am

When does a baby start sitting up mine’s almost 7 months old and he still ain’t sitting up yet

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Evans Oct 27 at 4:44 pm

I love my name Evans it has has been affecting me positively as said here.
Everybody loves me and the always Evans me all the time
This is a name that would be kept for my first son in the future??

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Ashley Oct 17 at 3:48 pm

We tend to lean towards “E” names. Evan actually wasn’t our first choice (Ethan was!) But when a close relative named her child Ethan we had to figure out something else!! Now we just love his name, and even has a powerful Christian meaning behind it.

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Evan Thomas Apr 16 at 9:31 am

The name Evan Thomas has been in our family since the 1600s. Most recently my father was Evan Thomas, I the same, my son and grand son the same. Four straight generations. When I was young I really liked my name because no one else had it and it was easy to pronounce. When I was in the Navy I met some British Naval Officers in Hong Kong and they immediately started callIng me “taffy” when they heard my full name. Evan Thomas is VERY Welsh and the Brits call someone from Wales “taffy”. It may be good or bad, I don’t really care as I like the name Evan.

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Kathryn Feb 20 at 10:39 am

I always loved the simplicity and beauty of the name. It’s got a V in it which makes it slightly more unique than your typical “John” but apparently it’s a version of John (my husband’s name). Also, when we looked it up, the Irish meaning (which is what I am) is “young fighter.” Combined with his middle name Alexander, “protector of the people,” I thought it was fitting. He’s a beautiful, strong boy that I hope to raise into a protective, philanthropic, benevolent man-as his name suggests. My sweet Evan Alexander.

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Katie Feb 16 at 11:39 pm

Evan popped in my head! His dads name is Adam, sometimes I mix them up. I didnt think anyone would mispronounce it, but they have! Evonne? What the heck. But overall, I love it.

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Evan Javier Jan 9 at 4:09 pm

My Husband Chose The Name Evan .
To begin with, its very close to his name “Esteban”
Secondly, Its a very unique Name.
His Middle Name Is Javier Which is My husbands Middle Name As well.
Evan Is a very short name and Has a Nice Meaning ” The Lord Is Gracious “

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- Evan Mar 7 at 8:46 pm
  
  Omg my Spanish name is Esteban . I chose that name in Spanish because it seemed most similar to my name Evan.
  
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Kristina Jun 15 at 11:05 pm

I wanted to have an E name for a boy since my daughter’s name starts with an E. Out of all the E names I liked Evan the best.

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Kristin Apr 23 at 10:06 am

My husband loved the name and it was a strong but sweet name. I have heard other kids at the park called it so it’s a common name but not too popular.

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Nikki Apr 23 at 4:09 am

My husband and I combed through every baby name list we could find, including a fun app called, “Baby Names.” (It is a bit like Tinder for baby names, where you and your partner individually swipe left or right for names you like or dislike, and the app notifies you when you have both liked the same name.) Ultimately, we chose a name, but when our little one was born, we tested it out for a few days and it just didn’t feel quite right. We went back to our list of top names we liked, calling him by each to test them out. Ultimately, we remembered the name Evan (which wasn’t even on our short list!), tried it out, and it stuck! My husband has Welsh heritage too, and the name Evan is a very Welsh name so his family really liked it. (Because of the name switch, we also changed his middle name to Thomas after my grandfather as it flowed better with Evan, so ultimately, both sides of our family were also really happy with the names we chose.)

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