| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | son of Evan |
| Region of origin | Wales |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Beavan, Bevin |
Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include:
First name
- Bevan Congdon (1938–2018), New Zealand cricketer
- Bevan Davies, American musician
- Bevan Docherty (born 1977), New Zealand athlete
- Bevan Dufty (born 1955), American politician
- Bevan George (born 1977), Australian hockey player
- Bevan Griggs (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer
- Bevan Hari (born 1975), New Zealand hockey player
- Bevan Meredith (1927–2019), Australian Anglican archbishop of Papua New Guinea
- Bevan Sharpless (1904–1950), American astronomer
- Bevan Slattery, Australian technology entrepreneur
- Bevan Spencer von Einem (born 1946), Australian criminal
Surname
- Alan Bevan, Canadian bagpipe player
- Alonza Bevan (born 1970), English bass player
- Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (1897–1960), British Labour Party politician
- Benjamin Bevan (1773–1833), British civil engineer
- Bev Bevan (born 1945), English drummer
- Bill Bevan, American football player and coach
- Billy Bevan, Australian film actor
- Brian Bevan (1924–1991), Australian rugby player
- Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), Welsh philanthropist
- Christopher Bevan (born 1937), Rhodesian sailor
- C. W. L. Bevan (1920–1989), Welsh chemist and academic
- David Gilroy Bevan (1928–1996), English politician
- Donald Bevan (1920–2013), American playwright and caricaturist
- Edward Bevan (disambiguation), multiple people
- Edward Bevan (physician) (1770–1860), apiarist and physician
- Edward Bevan (bishop) (1861–1934), Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
- Edward John Bevan (1856–1921), British chemist
- Edward Vaughan Bevan (1907–1988), British doctor and Olympic rowing
- Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943), English philosopher and historian
- Emily Bevan (born 1982), English actress
- Frederick Bevan (1856–1939), singer and songwriter in UK and teacher in South Australia
- G. Phillips Bevan (1829–1889), English statistician
- Gloria Bevan, New Zealand writer
- Hal Bevan (1930–1968), American baseballer
- Hilary Bevan Jones (born 1952), British television producer
- James Bevan (1856–1938), Wales rugby union captain
- James David Bevan (born 1959), British High Commissioner to India
- John Bevan (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Bevan (cricketer) (1846–1918), Australian cricketer
- John Bevan (rugby) (born 1950), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
- John Bevan (rugby union) (1948–1986), Welsh international rugby union player
- John Bevan (politician) (1837–1911), New Zealand politician
- John Bevan (British Army officer) (1894–1978), World War II deception expert
- John M. Bevan (1924–2000), American academic and innovator
- John Bevan (figure skater) (born 1976), American figure skater
- John Bevan (musician) (born 1938), English clarinettist, saxophonist, conductor
- Latalia Bevan (born 2001), Welsh gymnast
- Llewellyn David Bevan (1842–1918), Welsh Congregationalist minister in US and Australia
- Mary Ann Bevan (1874–1933), English sideshow attraction
- Matthew Bevan (born 1973), British criminal
- Maurice Bevan (1921–2006), British baritone and composer
- Michael Bevan (born 1970), Australian cricketer
- Myer Bevan (born 1997), New Zealand footballer
- Natalie Bevan (1909–2007), British artist
- Nick Bevan (1942–2014), British rowing coach and school headmaster
- Paul Bevan (born 1984), Australian footballer
- R. A. Bevan (1901–1974), advertising pioneer
- Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925), artist, father of R. A. Bevan
- Scott Bevan (born 1979), English footballer
- Scott Bevan (journalist) (born 1964), Australian journalist
- Sid Bevan (1877–1933), Wales and British Lions rugby union player
- Silvanus Bevan (1691–1765), Welsh apothecary
- Stewart Bevan (1948–2022), British actor
- Thomas Bevan (cricketer) (1900–1942), English cricketer and British Army officer
- Tim Bevan (born 1958), New Zealand film producer
- Tony Bevan (painter) (born 1951), painter
- Vince Bevan, Canadian policeman
- William Bevan aka Burial (musician), English electronic musician.
- William Bevan (sloopmaster), Hudson's Bay Company explorer
- William Bevan (psychologist), a former president of the American Psychological Association
- Wilson Lloyd Bevan (1866–1935), an American historian
- Carl Bevan, British musician (1973-2024)
See also
| Surnames associated with the given name John | ||
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| Germanic | ||
| Romance | ||
| East/West Slavic | ||
| South Slavic | ||
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