Evander
Evander is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning Good man; strong.
What Evander means
Good man; strong.
Evander sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Evander comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Evander is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Evander?
Evander is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Evander is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Evander
We group Evander under strength and Noble — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Evander
These share Evander's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Ulrich — Prosperity and power.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Eugene — Well-born; noble.
- Achilles — The great warrior hero.
- Ares — God of war.
- Hector — Holding fast; steadfast defender.
- Lysander — Liberator; freer of men.
- Nikolas — Victory of the people.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.
- Peter — Rock; stone.
- Zander — Defender of mankind.
- Alexis — Defender; helper.