Eban
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Eban by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Eban. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Eban
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eban. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- EvanGod is gracious4,795 in the US (2017)
- EanGod is gracious; a form of Ian178 in the US (2017)
- Elanenthusiasm; liveliness; spirited vigor142 in the US (2017)
- Ewanyoung warrior; form of Euan or Eugene84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emanfaith, belief40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Edanfull of fire; from Aodh14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Eban
Names that are said the same way as Eban, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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