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Meaning and origin
Ivan is a Slavic boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is Gracious`.


Where is it used?
The name Ivan is mainly used in Russian, Czech, Serbian and in Croatian.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Evan (In Welsh and in English)
Johannes (In German, Dutch, Scandinavian and in Late Roman)
John (In English and in the bible)


If it's too long people might use
In Other languages: Van


For the opposite sex use:
In Russian and in Ukrainian: Ivanna (F)
In Greek: Ioannes (M)
In Czech, Serbian and in Croatian: Ivana (F)


See also
In Welsh: Siôn
In Welsh: Ieuan
In Welsh: Iefan
In Welsh: Ifan (M)
In Swedish and in Icelandic: Jon
In Spanish: Juan
In Slovene: Janez
In Serbian: Jovan
In Scottish and in English: Ian
In Scottish: Iain
In Scandinavian: Vanja
In Russian: Vanya (M)
In Russian: Ioann
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioan
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioana
In Romanian: Ionela
In Romanian: Ionel
In Romanian: Iancu
In Portuguese: João
In Polish: Iwan
In Norwegian and in English: Jonette
In Manx: Ean
In Lithuanian: Jonas
In Latvian: Janis
In Italian: Giovanna
In Irish and in Scottish: Eoin
In Irish: Sean
In Hungarian: János
In Hawaiian: Keoni
In Greek: Yannis
In Greek: Ioannis
In Galician: Xoán
In Finnish and in Hungarian: Jani
In Finnish: Jouni
In Finnish: Jussi
In Finnish: Juha
In Finnish: Joni
In Finnish: Juhani
In Finnish: Juho
In Finnish: Hannu
In Finnish: Jukka
In Finnish: Juhana
In Esperanto: Johano
In Esperanto: Jochjo
In English: Jan
In English: Jack
In English: Hank (M)
In English: Vance
In English: Jonie
In English: Johnie
In English: Jonelle
In English: Johnny
In English: Johnnie
In Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech and in Polish: Jan
In Dutch, Polish and in Czech: Jana
In Danish: Jens
In Czech, Serbian, Croatian and in Bulgarian: Ivanka
In Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian and in Croatian: Iva
In Cornish: Jowan
In Catalan: Joan
In Breton and in French: Yann
In the bible (Original): Yehochanan
In Basque and in Romanian: Ion


Extra information:
From Croatian. Alternative meanings (Czechoslovakian) God's Gracious Gift (Russian) God is Gracious

More `Ivan` links
Ivan as abbreviation
Actors named Ivan
Ivan in the encyclopedia