Iwan (name) explained

Iwan
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /cy/
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	God is gracious.^[1]
Origin:	Welsh Slavic languages; Iranic languages
Related Names:	Euan, Ewen, Eoghan; Ivan, John

Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.

It is a Welsh and Cornish name related to Ifan and derived from the Latin Johannes,^{[2] [3]} which means, "God is gracious".^[1] A Welsh form of "John" is Ieuan.

It is also found in Germanic and Slavic languages as a variant of Ivan (name), which has a common origin. Another Welsh given name related to this is Ioan.

People (given name)

• Iwan (musician) (born 1985), Ghanaian reggae and dance hall performer
• Iwan (singer) (born 1980), Lebanese singer
• 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, commercial star, 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 (1959–2022), retired Polish football player
• Bartosz Iwan (born 1984), Polish footballer, son of Andrzej Iwan
• Bret Iwan (born 1982), American illustrator and voice artist
• Dafydd Iwan (born 1943), Welsh folk singer and politician
• Emrys ap Iwan (1848–1906), Welsh literary critic and writer on politics and religion
• Llion Iwan, Welsh journalist, documentary producer, and author
• Tomasz Iwan (born 1971), retired Polish football player
• Wilhelm Iwan (1871–1958), German author, historian, and theologian

Notes and References

1. John.
2. Web site: Part 1 – Names from A – M . Dictionary of Welsh forenames . Gwefan Cymru Catalonia.
3. Web site: Welsh names . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418192844/http://twfcymru.com/yourtoolkit/advice/welshnames/?skip=1&lang=en . 2015-04-18 . Twf .