Given name
Iefan
“God is gracious”
In Welsh use, Iefan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Welsh use, Iefan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
How it developed
Iefan is used as a form of John.
Iefan’s family of names
Iefan is a form of John. In Welsh usage, Iefan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean. In German usage, Iefan has a related form in Johannes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Johannesvariant · German
- Ifunvariant
- Ifynvariant
- Ifinvariant
- Ifenvariant
- Ifonvariant
- Ifanvariant
- Iefunvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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