Given name
Yvan
“God is gracious”·“a young archer”
Yvan is a variant of Yvana. In Slavic use, Yvana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yvan is a variant of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yvan is a variant of Yvana. In Slavic use, Yvana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yvan is a variant of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yvan is a variant of Yves. An origin associated with Yves is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yvan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 510
- 505 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,179 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,179 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,025 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yvan’s family of names
Yvan has a related form in Yves. Yvan has a related form in Yvana. In French usage, Yvan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Evan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- EvanEnglish
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Johanequivalent
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- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Johannesequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- 이반equivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
People named Yvan
- Yvan AttalIsraeli-born French actor and directorborn 1965
- Yvan GollFrench-German poet, key figure in German Expressionism and French Surrealism (1891-1950)
- Yvan ColonnaCorsican independentist and criminal (1960–2022)
- Yvan NeyouCameroonian and French footballerborn 1997
- Yvan QuentinSwiss footballerborn 1970
- Yvan MullerFrench racecar driverborn 1969
- Yvan Quéninbasketball player (1920-2009)
- Yvan Le Bolloc'hFrench actor and television hostborn 1961
- Yvan CournoyerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1943)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.