Evan

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Evan Given Name
Pronunciation	[ˈɛvən]
Gender	Male (rarely Female)
Meaning	"God Is Gracious" or "Young Warrior"
Origin	Welsh
Related names	Evangeline, Evangelos, Ian, Ivan
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Evan

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Evan (pronounced /ˈɛvən/) is an English masculine given name, although it has on the rare occasion been given to girls as well, as with actress Evan Rachel Wood. The name is derived from "lefan", one of the Welsh forms of John and is closely related to "Ivan", "Ian", and "Juan"; the name John is derived from the ancient Hebrew name יְהֹוחָנָן Yəhôḥānān, which means "YHWH Is Gracious". Evan is also a Welsh name meaning "Young Warrior". It can also be the shortened version of the Greek name "Evangelos". In some cases, women who go by Evan are actually named Evangeline or Evangelina.

[edit] Popularity

The popularity of the name Evan in the United States has risen steadily over the past fifty years, from the 440-ranked name in 1957 to the thirty-eight-ranked name in 2005. Overall, Evan has been the forty-eighth most popular name in the world and the sixty-third most popular name in the 1990s.

Evan's popularity from 1995-2005
Year	Rank
2005	38
2004	39
2003	44
2002	56
2001	56
2000	55
1999	57
1998	63
1997	60
1996	65
1995	60
Source: Social Security Administration. See http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames