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Evan is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from Iefan, a Welsh form of the name John. Similar names that share this origin include Euan , Ivan , Ian , and Juan . "John" itself is derived from the ancient Hebrew name יְהֹוחָנָן (romanised: Yəhôḥānān), meaning " Yahweh is gracious".
Evin may be one of several unrelated given names: anglicized form of Irish Éimhín, for Saint Evin (6th century). The name is a diminutive of the adjective eimh "swift, active". a variant of Evan, the Welsh form of John. Kurdish ئەڤین means love, and given as girl first name; Syriac ܐܝܒ̣ܢ [citation needed]
Euan is also an alternate name for the Roman god Bacchus. [4]) Ewen is most common as a male given name in Scotland and Canada [citation needed]. It is also the source of surnames, mostly connected to Clan MacEwen and including McEwan, Ewan and Ewen. It is after these surnames that McEwan’s Beer and MacEwan University are named.
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This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
The gender neutrality of the name Evan is not to be debated, as the name is intended only for males. There are however, some absurd cases of females being called Evan, such as actress 'Evan Rachel Wood,' which is clearly a missuse of the name. As derived from John, it is fair to ask, would you call a girl John?
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Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne.