Surname Origin

The Evans Surname


Meaning
son of Ifan
Type
Patronymic
Root
Welsh, from Ifan
Chiefly
Throughout Wales

Ifan is the Welsh form of John, so Evans and Jones are the same name arriving by different routes — one through the Welsh pronunciation, one through the English.

Bevan is the same name again, from ab Ifan, with the ap fused to the front.

Bestow the name a title it never had

An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Evans name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.

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