Erwan () is a masculine

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

given name, sometimes spelled ''Erwann''. Its francization is the French given name Yves.

Etymology

From

Old Breton Breton (, ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of t ...

given name . It might thus be formed of Proto-Brythonic words "well, good" and "talent, natural gift, ability" (compare

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

and Irish ), or derived from

Gaulish Gaulish was an ancient Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium ...

name . Sometimes allegedly supposed to come from the

word "dragon" because of homophony in Modern Breton.

Variants

* Masculine : Erwann, Erwane, Eroan, Ervoan, Ervan, Earwinn, Érwann, Érwan, Even or Ewen, Ewan or Evan, Iwan, Eozen, Cheun, Youen, Youenn, If, Ivi or Yvi, Von, Yeun, Yoen, Youn, Yvelin, Hélori, Hélaurie, Herwan, Herwann, Aerwan * Feminine : Erwana, Erwanez, Youna, Youena, Vonig.

Notable people

Notable people with the name include: * Erwan Bergot (1930–1993), French Army officer and writer * Erwan Berthou (1861–1933), French poet, writer and bard *Erwan Bouroullec (born 1976), French designer. See

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976) are brothers noted for their design work, which has been featured in publications and museums globally — and spans a wide range from tables and chairs to tableware, rugs, textile walls, office furn ...

Erwan Pain Erwan Pain (born 14 February 1986) is a French former professional ice hockey winger. Pain played in the Ligue Magnus for Chamonix HC, Ducs de Dijon, Drakkars de Caen and Brest Albatros Hockey. He also participated at the 2010 IIHF World Champio ...

(born 1986), French ice hockey player *

Erwan Quintin Erwan Quintin (born 1 February 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Vannes. Career Quintin was born in Auray. He started his career in the youth ranks of Vannes at the age of 19, p ...

(born 1984), French footballer *

Erwan Vallerie Erwan Vallerie (1944 – 10 February 2022) was a French Breton nationalist and cultural activist. Life and career Born in France, Vallerie worked as an economist when he founded the monthly periodical Sav Breizh with Yann Choucq (Debout Bretagne, ...

(born 1944), French economist and Breton nationalist *

Erwan Dianteill Erwan Dianteill (born 1967) is a French sociologist and anthropologist, graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, holder of the aggregation in the Social Sciences, Doctor of Sociology and professor of Cultural and Social anthropolo ...

(born 1967), French anthropologist and sociologist, professor at Paris-Sorbonne University

References

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