Given name · also Latin
Ifan
“God is gracious”
Ifan is a variant of Ieuan. In Welsh use, Ieuan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ifan is a variant of Ieuan. In Welsh use, Ieuan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ifan comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Welsh usage, Ifan developed from Ἰωάννης.
Ifan’s family of names
In Welsh usage, Ifan shares an earlier linguistic root with Iwan. In Welsh usage, Ifan has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Welsh usage, Ifan has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Juan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ifan has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
13 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 61
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- JohnEnglish
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- JuanSpanish
- Ivanderivative · English
- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
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- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- JeanFrench
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- JanCzech
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Yifanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Erwannequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Янкаequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jankaequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- ap Ifan“son of” surname · Welsh
- Siôndoublet · Welsh
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
And 1 more.
People named Ifan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Éliane
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>99% girls
Abishag
“wise, educated”
8% boys · 92% girls
Elizabeþ
“my God is an oath”
>99% girls
Iza
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3% boys · 97% girls
Eubha
“giver of life; a lively woman”
>99% girls
Ahi
“my brother” · “brother (of...)”
36% boys · 64% girls