Iwan (name)
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Iwan | |
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Pronunciation |
/ˈjuːən/ Welsh pronunciation: [ˈi.wan] |
Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/Name | Welsh; Slavic languages |
Meaning |
born of the yew; God is gracious |
Other names | |
Related names | Ivan, John |
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Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.
It is a Welsh and Cornish variant of Euan or Ewen, which is derived from Eoghan and is of Irish and Gaelic origin.[1] Owain (or Owen) is the most common Welsh variant of this name.
It is also found in Germanic and Slavic languages as a variant of Ivan (name), which is a form of the Biblical name John. The Welsh given name related to this is Ioan rather than Iwan.
People (given name)
- Iwan (singer), Lebanese singer
- Iwan B, French musician
- Iwan Baan, Dutch architectural photographer
- Iwan Babij, Ukrainian educator and activist
- Iwan Bloch, Berlin dermatologist, sexologist and Marquis de Sade scientist
- Iwan Edwards, Canadian choral conductor
- Iwan Fals, Indonesian singer and songwriter
- Iwan Gilkin, Belgian poet
- Iwan Griffiths, Welsh drummer
- Iwan Gronow, British bass guitarist
- Iwan Iwanoff, Bulgarian architect
- Gwilliam Iwan Jones, Welsh photographer and anthropologist
- Iwan Knorr, German teacher of music
- Iwan Müller, Estonian-born German clarinetist
- Iwan Pylypow, the first Ukrainian immigrant to Canada
- Iwan Redan, Dutch footballer
- Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor
- Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts, Welsh actor, lyricist and singer
- Iwan Roberts, Welsh footballer
- Iwan Serrurier, Dutch-born electrical engineer, inventor of Moviola
- Iwan Thomas, Welsh athlete
- Iwan Tirta, Indonesian batik fashion designer
- Iwan Tukalo, Scottish rugby union footballer
- Iwan Tyszkiewicz, Socinian Unitarian executed for blasphemy and heresy by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Iwan Wirth, Swiss contemporary art dealer and gallery owner
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People (surname)
- Andrzej Iwan, retired Polish football player
- Bartosz Iwan, Polish footballer, son of Andrzej Iwan
- Bret Iwan, American illustrator and voice artist
- Dafydd Iwan, Welsh folk singer and politician
- Emrys ap Iwan, Welsh literary critic and writer on politics and religion
- Llion Iwan, Welsh journalist, documentary producer, and author
- Tomasz Iwan, retired Polish football player
- Wilhelm Iwan, German author, historian, and theologian
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References
- ↑ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh agus Maguire, Fidelma. Irish Names (1981, 1990). 87-88.
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