Javan

Can probably be a variant of Javon as well.

I looked through what the Hebrew scholars had on this and they all agree at least it is a pun. Yes, it is a cousin of the word "dove" like Jonah aurally, and yes it has part of the meaning of the word "miry" (the root), and was used to name Greece (place name). However, all the letters added together spell the meaning "Mud-man". It was an understood pun in Hebrew to refer back to Adam without being called by the same name.

Means Angel of Greece.

Another site listed a possible meaning for Javan as "effervescent", as in high-spirited or active.

Yes Javan has the meaning of Greece. But it actually means Angel of Greece. I love this name. It is a great name for a boy.

Actually, it means 'dove,' same as Jonah. Although I think I prefer the name Javan to Jonah. Something about the J and V sounds together in the name.

From the same as yonah, a Hebrew word meaning dove. Yonah is the Hebrew form of Jonah.