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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

What Ivan`s say about their name

1. The best thing about the name Ivan:
   Ivan is a really good name. All of my friends love the name.
   The worst thing about the name:
   nothing at all.
   If my name wasn`t Ivan....:
   I love the name Xavier or just Xavi
   Extra information:
   I love the meaning God's gracious gift
2. The best thing about the name Ivan:
   Ivan is such as cool name, My dad has it, I have it and my 4 years old has it and we all love it.
   The worst thing about the name:
   When people call you Evan, or Ian...Really Ian???
   If my name wasn`t Ivan....:
   I love our names, I would probably would have liked to have my dad's middle name; Ivan Julianni. My name is Ivan Gionni, and my son's Ivan Giovanni
   Extra information:
   Ivan is really a good and unique name. It has presence!!!
3. The best thing about the name Ivan:
   The name Ivan is powerful, it reminds me of Ivan drago, or Ivan the terrible
   The worst thing about the name:
   nothing, but people usually write it with an F IFAn ...
   If my name wasn`t Ivan....:
   mmm I like the name Aguirretxe
   Extra information:
   Ivan is overall a good name, I just dislike the trend of african american people calling their kids Ivan
4. The best thing about the name Ivan:
   Ivan is simply the best name for a boy. It's masculine, strong and has the best meaning. In addition, I love when people call me Iv, Van, Ivanovic :) or Ivan the Terribla lol
   The worst thing about the name:
   The worst thing is the stupid name Evan, that's so lame. I hate when they call me Evan.
   If my name wasn`t Ivan....:
   I would not change my name, I love it, its unique as well. I perhaps would have liked to not have a middle name. I just want to be Ivan.
   Extra information:
   I have people that speak spanish and I love when they say the name in Spanish Iván.

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