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Iwan (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Pronunciation
  
/ˈjuːən/ Welsh pronunciation: [ˈi.wan]

Word/name
  
Welsh; Slavic languages

Meaning
  
born of the yew; God is gracious

Related names
  
Euan, Ewen, Eoghan; Ivan, John

Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.

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It is a Welsh and Cornish name related to Ifan and derived from the Latin Johannes.

It is also found in Germanic and Slavic languages as a variant of Ivan (name), which is a form of the Biblical name John. The Welsh given name related to this is Ioan rather than Iwan.

People (given name)

  • Iwan (singer), Lebanese singer
  • Iwan B, French musician
  • Iwan Baan, Dutch architectural photographer
  • Iwan Babij, Ukrainian educator and activist
  • Iwan Bloch, Berlin dermatologist, sexologist and Marquis de Sade scientist
  • Iwan Edwards, Canadian choral conductor
  • Iwan Fals, Indonesian singer and songwriter
  • Iwan Gilkin, Belgian poet
  • Iwan Griffiths, Welsh drummer
  • Iwan Gronow, British bass guitarist
  • Iwan Iwanoff, Bulgarian architect
  • Gwilliam Iwan Jones, Welsh photographer and anthropologist
  • Iwan Knorr, German teacher of music
  • Iwan Müller, Estonian-born German clarinetist
  • Iwan Pylypow, the first Ukrainian immigrant to Canada
  • Iwan Redan, Dutch footballer
  • Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor
  • Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts, Welsh actor, lyricist and singer
  • Iwan Roberts, Welsh footballer
  • Iwan Serrurier, Dutch-born electrical engineer, inventor of Moviola
  • Iwan Thomas, Welsh athlete
  • Iwan Tirta, Indonesian batik fashion designer
  • Iwan Tukalo, Scottish rugby union footballer
  • Iwan Tyszkiewicz, Socinian Unitarian executed for blasphemy and heresy by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Iwan Wirth, Swiss contemporary art dealer and gallery owner
  • People (surname)

  • Andrzej Iwan, retired Polish football player
  • Bartosz Iwan, Polish footballer, son of Andrzej Iwan
  • Bret Iwan, American illustrator and voice artist
  • Dafydd Iwan, Welsh folk singer and politician
  • Emrys ap Iwan, Welsh literary critic and writer on politics and religion
  • Llion Iwan, Welsh journalist, documentary producer, and author
  • Tomasz Iwan, retired Polish football player
  • Wilhelm Iwan, German author, historian, and theologian
  • References

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