74%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts יָוָן(Ancient Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. JAY-vən(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "Greece" in Hebrew, possibly related to Ion 2. In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesYawan(Biblical Hebrew) User SubmissionsJa'van, Javan PopularityDetails Last ranked #728 in 1996 England and Wales People think this name isRate·Details upper class wholesome strong refined strange serious Categories countries, word names