Even
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Norwegian: a male given name, variant of Eivind
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛvɛn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Even is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 16K
- NONorway≈1 in 49K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 122 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Israel, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Breton form of Yves, from Celtic Ivo ‘yew’
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Even is read(measured from records)
Even is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Norwegian48%
a male given name, variant of Eivind
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
definite singular of eve
as a wordrecorded as Norwegian Nynorskkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French40%
Breton form of Yves, from Celtic Ivo ‘yew’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Origine celtique; signifie « bien né ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- English36%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Even in English.
- Hebrew9.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Even in Hebrew.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Even, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Even counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Even | 6 |
| FR France | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 1.4K | — | 1 |
| US United States | 1,966 | 1 in 169K | 2K | Even | 122 |
| IL Israel | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Even | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | 338 | 1 in 51K | 338 | Even | 10 |
| BE Belgium | 210 | 1 in 56K | 210 | — | 6 |
| NO Norway | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 49K | 31K | Even | 106 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)
Even is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Kurdish, Good
as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary
In Dutch, just
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
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)
- Dan Evenb. 1912ILIsraeli military officer
- André Evenb. 1926FRbasketball player (1926–2009)
- Jacob Evenb. 1933ILIsraeli military officer
- Uzi Evenb. 1940ILIsraeli professor and former politician
- Maryline Evenb. 1953FRFrench actress
- Nathalie Lancienb. 1970FRnot in their usual nameFrench cyclist
- Geula Even-Sa'arb. 1972ILIsraeli journalist and television presenter
- Matan Evenb. 2007American YouTuber and influencer (born 2007)
- Pierre EvenCACanadian film producer
- Anne Evenfilm producer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #15,020 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #14,793 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.8K | #15,125 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 575 | — |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 338 | #6,021 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 210 | #8,033 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 190 | #9,500 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Even mean?
- In Norwegian, a male given name, variant of Eivind
- Where does the name Even come from?
- Breton form of Yves, from Celtic Ivo ‘yew’ Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Even?
- In the etymology graph, Abend is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Even?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛvɛn/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Even have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Even in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled even.
- How common is the name Even?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,966 people named Even in 2010, about 1 in 169 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Even?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/evenThe 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, “Even”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.