• Avans

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvənz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvənz

Evans (countable and uncountable, plural Evanses or Evans)

1. (countable) A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] common in Wales, derived from the given name Evan (or Ifan in Welsh).
   • 2025 August 18, Patrick Whittle, “Maine police officer arrested by ICE agrees to voluntarily leave the country”, in AP News‎^[1]:

     ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the U.S.

2. A placename
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city (home rule municipality) in Weld County, Colorado.
      2. A census-designated place in Columbia County, Georgia.
      3. A town in Erie County, New York.
      4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
   2. Ellipsis of Evans County.

Evans

1. plural of Evan

• Avens, Naves, Sevan, Venas, avens, naves, vanes

From English Evans, from Welsh. As a given name, from a confusion of Evan.

Evans

1. a surname from English [in turn from Welsh]
2. a male given name from English [in turn from Welsh]