THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Evan
Evan is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Evan.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈʔevan/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈʔɛː.vɐn̪]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈʔeban/with nativization
- [ˈʔɛː.bɐn̪]with nativization
E · van2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Evan.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, and Shawn.
A male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John.; A female given name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Evan in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Evan
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Avan♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Eva♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Evans♂English form: Evans
- Ivan♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Van♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Yvan♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Eve♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jovan·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Evan?
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Recorded combinations with Evan
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Evan (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Evan (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.