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Iefan (male)

Variants:Evan (M) Ieuan (M) Ifan (M) John (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Welsh form of John, from Hebrew "God has been gracious". An earlier form was Ieuan.  See also Evan.
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