Boy · Modern Indian coinage · Hindu
Evansh
एवांशSay it ay-VAANSH
- Meaning today
- God is gracious, part of God
- In the dictionaries
- Not in the classical dictionaries; most likely a modern name
- Say it
- ay-VAANSH
- Written
- एवांश
- Other spellings
- Evaansh, Ivansh
- First sound
- ए · Vrishabh rashi
Evansh
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Evansh meaning
Evansh (एवांश) is a Hindu boy's name. By its first sound, ए, it is a Vrishabh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Meaning today
God is gracious, part of God
In the dictionaries
The name isn't in the classical dictionaries we use, so it is most likely a modern name. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Evansh is a modern Indian name. It does not appear in the Sanskrit dictionaries, and name lists disagree about it. Some give "God is gracious", a meaning borrowed from the Welsh name Evan; others give "eternal love" or "part of God". The ending -ansh is clearly Sanskrit aṃśa, "a part or portion", as in Devansh and Shivansh, and one suggestion joins it to eva, "just so", but no source confirms that. Families who choose it usually like its sound and its -ansh ending; there is no settled traditional meaning.
References: Monier-Williams, aṃśa, p. 1 · Monier-Williams, eva, p. 232
Fits your syllable
First sound ए
Krittika nakshatra, pada 4 · Vrishabh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Evansh · Evaansh · Ivansh