Iwan (name)

Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.

It is a Welsh and Cornish name related to Ifan and derived from the Latin Johannes, which means, "God is gracious." A Welsh form of "John" is Ieuan.

It is also found in Germanic and Slavic languages as a variant of Ivan (name), which has a common origin. Another Welsh given name related to this is Ioan.

People (given name)

 * Iwan (musician) (born 1985), Ghanaian reggae and dance hall performer
 * Iwan (singer) (born 1980), Lebanese singer
 * Iwan Baan, Dutch architectural photographer
 * Iwan Babij, Ukrainian educator and activist
 * Iwan Bloch, Berlin dermatologist, sexologist and Marquis de Sade scientist
 * Iwan Edwards, Canadian choral conductor
 * Iwan Fals, Indonesian singer, commercial star, and songwriter
 * Iwan Gilkin, Belgian poet
 * Iwan Griffiths, Welsh drummer
 * Iwan Gronow, British bass guitarist
 * Iwan Iwanoff, Bulgarian architect
 * Gwilliam Iwan Jones, Welsh photographer and anthropologist
 * Iwan Knorr, German teacher of music
 * Iwan Müller, Estonian-born German clarinetist
 * Iwan Pylypow, the first Ukrainian immigrant to Canada
 * Iwan Redan, Dutch footballer
 * Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor
 * Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts, Welsh actor, lyricist and singer
 * Iwan Roberts, Welsh footballer
 * Iwan Serrurier, Dutch-born electrical engineer, inventor of Moviola
 * Iwan Thomas, Welsh athlete
 * Iwan Tirta, Indonesian batik fashion designer
 * Iwan Tukalo, Scottish rugby union footballer
 * Iwan Tyszkiewicz, Socinian Unitarian executed for blasphemy and heresy by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
 * Iwan Wirth, Swiss contemporary art dealer and gallery owner

People (surname)

 * Andrzej Iwan (1959–2022), retired Polish football player
 * Bartosz Iwan (born 1984), Polish footballer, son of Andrzej Iwan
 * Bret Iwan (born 1982), American illustrator and voice artist
 * Dafydd Iwan (born 1943), Welsh folk singer and politician
 * Emrys ap Iwan (1848–1906), Welsh literary critic and writer on politics and religion
 * Llion Iwan, Welsh journalist, documentary producer, and author
 * Tomasz Iwan (born 1971), retired Polish football player
 * Wilhelm Iwan (1871–1958), German author, historian, and theologian