Where the spelling 에번 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 에번 for Evan.
People in the list with this given name:
- 앨런, 앨피 (에번) — Allen, Alfie (Evan)
- 윌리엄스, 에번 — Williams, Evan
- 스피걸, 에번 — Spiegel, Evan
…and 2 more in the list.
Sound by sound
E에van번
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Evan means
Evan by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 85, 176,340 babies (1% girls, 99% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 에번: 5.
Korean names for Evan
These are the converter’s results for Evan as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박이현Park IhyeonBoy’s name · 62% sound match
박이한Park IhanBoy’s name · 61% sound match
이예준Lee YejunBoy’s name · 57% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Evan means.
Your name means: 은혜 · God is gracious (from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן)
이은우Lee EunuBoy’s name · Meaning: Kind, gentle
이은호Lee EunhoBoy’s name · Meaning: Kind, gentle은 恩 kindness, mercy, charity호 昊 sky
이은재Lee EunjaeUsed for boys and girls · Meaning: Kind, gentle
이에번Lee EbeonYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics