Given name & surname
Bevan
“the son of Evan”
Bevan is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “the son of Evan.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “the son of Evan.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bevan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 633
- 567 boys · 66 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 790 as a first name in 2020; 3,967 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bevan’s family of names
Bevan has a related form in Bev. Bevan has a related form in Bevin. Bevan has a related form in Bevin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bevan has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Welsh roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bevan
- Bevan DochertyNew Zealand triathleteborn 1977
- Bevan Georgefield hockey playerborn 1977
- Behn WilsonCanadian ice hockey defencemanborn 1958
- Bevan FrenchAustralian professional rugby league footballerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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