The baby name Iwan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EE-wan (/ˈiwan/),ee-VAHN (/iˈvɑn/) — common when used as a transliteration of Ivan.
Iwan is Welsh in Origin.
The baby name Iwan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EE-wan (/ˈiwan/),ee-VAHN (/iˈvɑn/) — common when used as a transliteration of Ivan.
Iwan is Welsh in Origin.
Iwan is a Welsh and pan-European given name corresponding to John/Ivan, ultimately from Hebrew Yohanan via Greek Ioannes and Latin Iohannes, meaning “God is gracious.” In Welsh it stands alongside Ioan, Ieuan, and Ifan as native forms of John, and it is also found in Breton and Cornish communities.
In records, Iwan appears in medieval and early modern Welsh sources and remained in steady use into the 19th–20th centuries, benefiting from Welsh-language revival. Beyond Wales, Iwan serves as the standard Polish, German, and Dutch rendering of East Slavic Ivan (Иван), so the spelling is common in Central and Eastern Europe and, through Dutch influence, in Indonesia. Close variants include Ioan (Welsh/Romanian), Ieuan and Ifan (Welsh), Evan (Anglicized Welsh), Ivan/Yvan (Slavic/French), and John/Sean/Jan/Johan across other languages. All preserve the same core meaning: divine favor or “Yahweh is gracious.”
| Iwan Rheon Iwan Rheon is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Ramsay Bolton in the television series Game of Thrones. He also starred in the British series Misfits and appeared in the film The Dirt, where he played Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe. Born in 1985 in the United Kingdom, he has made a significant impact in both television and film. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Boys | 0 | #5 | 279 | 4,130 |
| ID | 0 | #6 | 38 | 2,238 | |
| KR | Boys | 0 | #27 | 1 | 897 |
| BN | 0 | #30 | 3 | 2,297 | |
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #75 | 59 | 6,332 |
| JP | 0 | #75 | 3 | 4,057 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| BG | 0 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| TW | 0 | #101 | 3 | 4,523 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #115 | 3,220 | 25,439 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #167 | 79 | 7,111 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #180 | 3 | 1,509 |
| CZ | 0 | #185 | 2 | 3,154 | |
| RU | 0 | #192 | 3 | 3,641 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #203 | 17 | 3,850 |
| PL | 0 | #211 | 2 | 2,600 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #253 | 7 | 3,997 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| SG | 0 | #260 | 10 | 11,010 | |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #261 | 3 | 7,056 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #268 | 68 | 6,459 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| SA | 0 | #277 | 19 | 10,560 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #279 | 11 | 6,578 |
| MY | 0 | #283 | 48 | 12,352 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #285 | 13 | 7,909 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #286 | 4 | 8,139 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #301 | 5 | 6,530 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #321 | 1,102 | 5,873 |
| Canada | Boys | 2018 | #327 | 5 | 2,587 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #330 | 3 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| NL | 0 | #336 | 56 | 2,481 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #339 | 5 | 15,378 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #355 | 7 | 8,138 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #356 | 3 | 7,678 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #361 | 4 | 5,096 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #364 | 24 | 2,865 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #365 | 5 | 8,477 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #379 | 127 | 12,621 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #406 | 3 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #411 | 2 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #412 | 2 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #427 | 16 | 2,180 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #427 | 3 | 13,098 |
| ZA | 0 | #432 | 16 | 14,421 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #549 | 9 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #554 | 8 | 10,655 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #556 | 6 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #560 | 6 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #594 | 4 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #597 | 11 | 10,983 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #610 | 88 | 17,960 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #627 | 6 | 18,916 |
| LB | 0 | #647 | 12 | 13,263 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #678 | 5 | 3,552 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #687 | 21 | 18,093 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #692 | 6 | 13,071 |
| IT | 0 | #703 | 12 | 4,183 | |
| SY | 0 | #766 | 2 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #781 | 5 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #802 | 5 | 18,755 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #817 | 136 | 5,697 |
| TN | 0 | #818 | 12 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #851 | 31 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #856 | 31 | 15,035 |
| United States | Boys | 2018 | #880 | 5 | 7,242 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #901 | 94 | 24,821 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #901 | 35 | 25,931 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #920 | 11 | 5,610 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,004 | 6 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,073 | 20 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,088 | 91 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,094 | 35 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,154 | 23 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,323 | 293 | 28,008 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,366 | 106 | 10,046 |
Iwan is popular in 68 countries — most recent births per country:
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