Quote Originally Posted by nepokroeff View Post
Would John be an English equivalent to Ewan?
Yes. Hebrew name Yohanan from Bible was adopted in many countries:
Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yahya, Yohannes
"John" is english form. "Ivan" is russian form. So, as was said above it seems that we talk about "Ivan", because "Evan" is welsh form.