I've always admired Ivan, although I suppose much of that is because of how much it reminds me of the name Evan. Much like Evan, Ivan is short, simple and straightforward. It's an all around classic and timeless name. Versatile as well as it works both as an English name and as a slavic one, along with other various countries as well. Who cares that the name is an anagram for the word vain? I certainly don't. There are worse things a name can be close to.
Ivan Katanušić (b. 1991) is a Croatian Paralympic athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.Ivan Mikulić is a Croatian Paralympic taekwondo athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.Ivan Karpov is a Paralympic table-tennis player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.Ivan Revenko (b. 1986) is a Russian Paralympic athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Ivan Mykolaichuk - Ukrainian actor, best known for starring in the films "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Lost Letter. Ivan Kozhedub - Ukrainian Soviet pilot, triple Hero of the Soviet Union and the highest-scoring Allied pilot of World War II Ivan Franko - 19th century Ukrainian author.
This name isn't used very much in Australia anymore, especially around the Sydney area (look up Ivan Milat if you're curious). It's pronounced "eye-van" here and doesn't have many nicknames. Even so, I think it's a nice alternative to plain old "John".
With 167 474 bearers, Ivan is the 2nd or 4th most common masculine given name in Bulgaria (2014 Data). With 94 926 bearers, Ivan is the 2nd most common masculine given name in Croatia (2014 Data). With 67 874 bearers, Ivan is the 7th most common masculine given name in Moldova (2014 Data). With 21 345 bearers, Ivan is the 6th most common masculine given name in Slovenia (2014 Data). With 19 622 bearers, Ivan is the 10th or 19th most common masculine given name in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 Data). Sources: https://forebears.io/forenames/ivan https://www.babynames.ch/Info/Rankings/naIvan
This name doesn't look bad, but it feels so common and overused, because in many countries this is one of the most popular and used names for males. Name is stable, pretty strong, but also a little bit boring.
I wonder about the Ukrainian pronunciation? I keep listening to this name's Ukrainian pronunciation on wikitionary and on forvo and it is a more open "v" but still much more of a "v" sound than a "w".The letter "в" is usually more like a "v" in Ukrainian, unless it's at the end or before a consonant, which isn't the case here, so I don't see why it would switch to [w] here.https://forvo.com/search/ivan/uk/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Іван [noted -ed]
What is with all this hate? This is one of the most handsome names ever! It’s very strong, masculine, and really, really attractive. Of course you can name your kid Ivan.
There are two Eurovision singers with the name Ivan. Ivan Mikulic is a Bosnian/Herzegovinian singer who represented Croatia in 2004 Eurovision with "You Are The Only One". He qualified from the first ever semi final but did not manage to crack the Top 10. IVAN (real name Alexander Ivanov) is a Belarusian singer who represented his country in 2016 Eurovision with "Help You Fly" but did not qualify from the semi final.
Ivan Tsarevich is the name of a stock character appearing in Russian Fairy tales. Usually he is the youngest of three sons of a king and goes on a quest to rescue a princess.
In 2018, 6 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Ivan who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 539th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
Tsar Ivan III the Great (22 January 1440 - 27 October 1505) was Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus' from 5 April 1462 - 27 October 1505.Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible (3 September 1530 - 28 March 1584) was Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russias, the latter title was used by all his successors. He was dubbed 'The Terrible' posthumously, with a notable reason being his bashing of his son to death with his Sceptre. He died after suffering a heart attack whilst playing a game of chess with his close associate Bogdan Belsky.
People who are discouraged from using this name because of Ivan Milat, keep in mind that people still name their kids Jack, Theodore, and James, in spite of those also being the names of Jack the Ripper (though that isn't his real name), Ted (Theodore) Bundy, and Jim (James) Jones.
Ivan Tričkovski is a Macedonian footballer who plays for AEK Larnaca in the Cypriot First Division. He joined Red Star Belgrade in January 2008 for a fee around 0ドル.8 million from football club FK Rabotnički. He actually faced his future team in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup while playing for Red Star, and ended up on the losing side in a dramatic 3-3 draw in Belgrade which saw APOEL progress on away goals with a late equalizer in the 116th minute.
Ivan Mikulić is a Herzegovinian singer, best known outside his country for having represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, singing "You Are The Only One".
Ivan is used in the Russian phonetic alphabet for radio communications. It represents the Cyrillic letter И. The name is also used for the letter Й, which is called "Иван краткий" (Ivan kratkiy), meaning "short Ivan".
Hurricane Ivan was a powerful hurricane that devastated the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States in September 2004. At the time, it was the second-costliest hurricane in the United States. By the time I posted this comment, it was the fifth-costliest hurricane (behind Wilma, Andrew, Ike, and Katrina).
Despite the negative comments about its English pronunciation, however, I like both Russian and English pronunciations of Ivan. It is one of the many Russian names I can tolerate.
This has always been one of my favorite Russian names, even though it's so common over there. It sounds so romantic, elegant, and dignified when pronounced Ee-VAHN; the Anglo pronunciation EYE-vin just throws it away and makes it sound ugly. It also doesn't hurt that there were a number of Tsars (mostly in the Ryurikovich Dynasty, the pre-Romanov ruling family) named Ivan, including Tsar Ivan III, known as Ivan the Great, one of Russia's greatest rulers ever.
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich, anyone? A Russian novel (and later a Norwegian-British movie) about life in a gulag written by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.
Ivan Milat is a notorious Australian serial killer, known for the so-called 'Backpacker Murders' that occurred in New South Wales during the 1990s. The name Ivan is considered unusable by many due to this association.
I love this name only when it's pronounced in the Croatian way (EE-vahn). Unfortunately, English speakers ruined this name by pronouncing it EYE-vun or eye-VAHN.
Ivan Dixon, who played James Ivan "Kinch" Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes. He died March 2008, leaving Richard Dawson and Robert Clary the only surviving regular cast members from the 60's TV sitcom.
I picture a handsome, mysterious and sexy guy, one who is also very strong and brave/manly. I love this name! I'm glad it's not overly used, so it's still unique without sounding strange. I also like the way it's pronounced in Spanish-speaking countries : ee-van, either way it's a great name.
I think the name is great for any man of any age, one that never goes out of style. Someday, when I marry and have kids, I want to name my son Ivan. I wonder if it's because I have a crush on a guy I know named Ivan! Love the name.
In Further Tales of the City, writer Armistead Maupin creates an amusing situation utilizing the similarity of the Russian pronunciation of the name to that of the female name "Yvonne."
Ivan has a nameday on 7th January according to the Orthodox calendar and on the 6th January according to the Catholic calendar. The celebration is in honour of St John the Baptist.
Who cares that the name is an anagram for the word vain? I certainly don't. There are worse things a name can be close to.