Javan as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Javan

What is the meaning of the name Javan ?

The baby name Javan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈdʒeɪvən/ (JAY-vən); Hebrew: /jaˈvan/ (yah-VAHN).

Javan is Hebrew in Origin.

Javan is a masculine biblical name from Hebrew Yavan (יָוָן), the ethnonym used in the Hebrew Bible for the Ionian Greeks and, by extension, Greece. In Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1, Javan is named a son of Japheth, ancestor of maritime peoples; his sons include Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. The Septuagint renders the name Iauan (Ἰαυάν), cognate with Old Persian Yauna and related to Greek Iōnes, linking it firmly to “Ionia/Greek lands.” As a given name, its meaning is commonly glossed as “Ionian,” “Greek,” or “from Greece.”

In English, Javan surfaced sporadically among Puritans who favored lesser-known Old Testament figures, then saw a modest late-20th-century revival. It remains uncommon but familiar. Variants and transliterations include Yavan, Yawan, and Iauan; modern adaptations such as Javen and Javon appear in contemporary use. Related forms by association include Ion and Ione.