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". There are numerous other Welsh/Cornish derivatives of Johannes, including Ioan, Ieuan, Iefan, Ifan, Evan and Sion.
It is also found in Germanic and Slavic languages as a variant of Ivan (name), which has a common origin.

People (given name)

Iwan (musician), Ghanaian reggae and dance hall performer
Iwan (singer), Lebanese singer
Iwan Arnold, Swiss ski mountaineer
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