Evan
English by way of Wales, where Ifan reshaped John: the same root as the Greek Ioannes, carrying the sense "god is gracious". In Poland it stays a rarity most people will never meet, though a handful of boys now get it each year.
Evan Pronunciation
What Evan means
Where Evan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Evan reaches English through Wales. It began as Ifan, a Welsh reshaping of John, and the line runs back past that to the Greek Ioannes, the form that carried the meaning recorded here as god is gracious. The name has no diminutives or variants of its own to lean on. It stands as it is written.
In Welsh mouths the spelling settled early, and the name spread across the English-speaking world without losing its plain shape. One bearer who fixed it in memory was Evan Roberts, the young preacher at the centre of the Welsh Revival of 1904 and 1905, whose meetings drew crowds across the coalfields of south Wales.
In Poland the name stays a visitor. A boy called Evan turns up now and then on a school register in Kraków or Wrocław, his name sitting between a Bartosz and a Filip, and the reader who pauses over it meets the same old sense: god is gracious.
How many people are named Evan
1 in 89315 men in Poland is named Evan. 243 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1986 among male names.
Evan's popularity over time
9 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #732 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020.
Where Evan is most popular
Evan is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 394% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+244%) and Masovian (+205%).
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 boys born+394%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+244%
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Masovian4 boys born+205%
Evan as a middle name
Evan is a first name for 243 men in Poland and a middle name for another 73, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 843rd, between Adalbert (73) and Fabio (73).
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#841 Ursyn74
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#842 Adalbert73
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#843 Evan73
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#844 Fabio73
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#845 Fredy73