Evander: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ih-VAN-der · 3 syllables

Evander means “good man”, from Greek and Latin.

From Latin Euander, from Ancient Greek (Euandros, literally “good man”).

How popular is Evander?

Evander was the #698 name in the US in 2025, given to 389 babies. It’s rising: up 312% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Evander in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Evander are older than 33; most are between 19 and 74. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Evander means “good man”. It comes from Greek and Latin.

Evander is pronounced ih-VAN-der.

Evander was the #698 name in the US in 2025, given to 389 babies. It’s rising: up 312% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Evander are older than 33. Most are between 19 and 74.