Erwann
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Breton form of Yves/Erwan, from Celtic roots; etymology often linked to 'yew'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əʁwan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Erwann is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- BEBelgium
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Breton form of Yves/Erwan, from Celtic roots; etymology often linked to 'yew'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Erwann is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Breton form related to Yves; from the yew tree (symbol of death/immortality). Saint Yves, 19 May.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Forme bretonne de Yves; origine celtique, « if ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Forme bretonne de Yves/Erwan; étymologie traditionnelle liée à l’if.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Erwann Rougéb. 1954FRFrench publisher and poet
- Erwann Kermorvantb. 1972FRFrench composer
- Erwann Binetb. 1972FRFrench politician
- Erwann Michel-Kerjanb. 1975Managing Director, Wharton Risk Center - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Erwann Surcoufb. 1976FRFrench comics artist
- Erwann Lolliéroub. 1978FRFrench cyclist
- Erwann Arcb. 1987ATresearcher
- Erwann Corbelb. 1991FRcyclist
- Erwann RamondencFRFrench archivist and historian
- Erwann DelayFRPh.D. Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis 1998
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Erwann mean, and where does it come from?
- Breton form of Yves/Erwan, from Celtic roots; etymology often linked to 'yew'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- How do you pronounce Erwann?
- A machine transcription gives /əʁwan/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Erwann a male or female name?
- Erwann is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Erwann?
- In the etymology graph, Yves, Ivo and Erwan are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Erwann have the most bearers?
- Erwann is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Erwann?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/erwannThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Erwann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.