Evan(s) Family Genealogy

Evan
Welsh: from the personal name Iefan, a Welsh form of John. (The modern form of the personal name is Ieuan.)
Scottish: variant of Ewan.
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Evans
Welsh: from the personal name Iefan, a Welsh form of John. (The modern form of the personal name is Ieuan.)
Scottish: variant of Ewan.
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Even
Breton: cognate of Evan 1.
In some cases perhaps an altered spelling of Evan or Ivan.
Shortened form of the Dutch topographic name van Even, from Middle Dutch even(e) ‘black oats’.
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Evens
English and Welsh: variant spelling of Welsh Evans.
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Ewan
Scottish: variant spelling of Ewen.
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Ewen
Scottish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eòghainn ‘son of Eòghann’ (see McEwen).
Jewish (Israeli): from Hebrew even ‘stone’, a translation of the surname Stein or any of its compounds.
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McEwen
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’, a widespread and ancient personal name, possibly derived from eo ‘yew’, meaning ‘born of yew’. It was Latinized as Eugenius (see Eugene), and was also regarded as a Gaelic form of John. This was the name of one of the two sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages; the other was Conall.
Anglicized form of Mac Eathain ‘son of Eathan’, a Scottish Gaelic form of Latin Johannes (see John). John was taken into Irish as Eoin at first; Seán is a later form. In later Irish, as in the surnames, the personal names Eoghan and Eoin were often confused.
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Evans is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Evan." The given name Evan derives from the Welsh name Ifan, a cognate of John, meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah." Within the United Kingdom, Evans is the 8th most common surname, being most common in the city of Swansea, Wales.

Origin: Welsh