Gender Masculine
Usage Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian
Scripts Іван (Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Meaning & History
Newer form of the Old Church Slavic name [1] , which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see John). This was the name of six Russian rulers, including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), who wrote Fathers and Sons, and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who is best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.
Related Names
VariantsIoann (Russian) Ioan, Yoan (Bulgarian) Yan (Belarusian) Jovan (Serbian) Jovan (Macedonian) Ivano (Italian) Ioan, Ion (Romanian)
DiminutivesVanya (Russian) Ivo, Vanyo, Yanko, Vancho (Bulgarian) Ivica, Ivo, Jovica (Serbian) Ivo, Jovica, Vancho, Vančo (Macedonian) Ivica, Ivo, Vanja (Croatian) Ivo, Vanja (Slovene) Van (English)
Feminine FormsIoana, Ivana, Yanka, Yoana, Ivanka, Vanya (Bulgarian) Ivanna (Ukrainian) Ivana, Jovana, Ivanka (Serbian) Ivana, Jovana, Vana (Macedonian) Ivana, Ivanka (Croatian) Ivana, Iva, Ivanka (Czech) Ivana, Iva, Ivanka (Slovak) Ivana, Iva, Ivanka (Slovene) Ivana (Italian)
Other Languages & CulturesJannie (Afrikaans) Gjon (Albanian) Yohannes (Amharic) Yahia, Yahya, Yuhanna (Arabic) Hovhannes, Hovik, Hovo, Ohannes (Armenian) Xuan (Asturian) Ion, Jon, Ganix, Iban, Juantxo (Basque) Jehohanan, Johanan, John (Biblical) Ioannes (Biblical Greek) Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew) Iohannes (Biblical Latin) Yann, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick, Yannig (Breton) Joan, Jan (Catalan) Jowan (Cornish) Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanni (Corsican) Jan, Johan, Johannes, Han, Hanne, Hannes, Hans, Jantje, Jo, Joes, John, Joop (Dutch) Johano, Joĉjo (Esperanto) Jóannes, Jógvan, Jóhannes, Jón (Faroese) Jone (Fijian) Jani, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani, Hannes, Hannu, Janne, Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi (Finnish) Jean, Yann, Yoan, Yoann, Yohan, Yohann, Yvan, Jeannot, Yan, Yanick, Yanis, Yannick (French) Xan, Xoán (Galician) Ivane, Joni, Ioane, Vano (Georgian) Jan, Jens, Johann, Johannes, Hannes, Hans, Hänsel, Jannis, Jo (German) Giannis, Ioannis, Yannis, Yiannis, Gianis, Jannis, Yanis, Yanni, Yianni (Greek) Yahaya (Hausa) Keoni (Hawaiian) Yochanan (Hebrew) Iván, János, Jancsi, Jani (Hungarian) Jens, Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón, Hannes (Icelandic) Yahya, Yohanes (Indonesian) Eoin, Seán, Sean, Shane (Irish) Yo-han (Korean) Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman) Ivans, Jānis, Žanis (Latvian) Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish) Jonas (Lithuanian) Yahya, Yahaya (Malay) Ġwann (Maltese) Ean, Juan (Manx) Hann, Jan, Jon, Hankin, Jankin (Medieval English) Jehan (Medieval French) Zuan (Medieval Italian) Hone (Māori) Joan (Occitan) Yahya (Persian) Jin (Picard) Iwan, Jan, Janek, Janusz (Polish) Yahya (Quranic) Juhán (Sami) Sione (Samoan) Giuanne, Juanne (Sardinian) Ian (Scottish) Eòin, Iain (Scottish Gaelic) Jan (Sorbian) Iván, Juan, Ibán, Juancho, Juanito (Spanish) Jhon, Jhonny (Spanish (Latin American)) Yohana (Swahili) Sione (Tongan) Yahya (Turkish) Djan, Djhan, Djihan (Walloon) Evan, Ieuan, Ioan, Siôn, Iefan, Ifan, Iwan (Welsh)
Surname DescendantsIvanoŭ, Ivanova, Ivanow (Belarusian) Ivanov, Ivanova (Bulgarian) Ivanović (Croatian) Ivanov, Ivanova, Ivanovska, Ivanovski (Macedonian) Ivanov, Ivanova (Russian) Ivanović (Serbian)
Same SpellingIván
Popularity
People think this name is
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Name Days
Bulgaria: January 7
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Images
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Entry updated May 26, 2026