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{{Infobox given name

| name = Ivan

| image=Ivan grozny frame.jpg

| caption=Ivan the Terrible, first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 until 1584

| pronunciation=

  • {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|aɪ|.|v|ə|n|,_|ɪ|ˈ|v|ɑː|n|}}
  • {{IPA|bg|ɪˈvan|lang}}
  • {{IPA|ru|ɪˈvan|lang}}
  • {{IPA|sh|ǐʋan|lang}}

| gender = Male

| feminine = Ivana

| meaning = "God is gracious"

| region =

| origin = Slavic (Old Church Slavonic {{Script|Cyrs|Їωан}}), from Greek; from Hebrew

| related names = Jovan, Jan, Janez, Evan, Giovanni, Ifan, and "John" in other languages

| footnotes =

}}

{{wiktionary|Ivan|Иван|Іван}}

Ivan ({{Cyrl|Иван / Іван}}) is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name {{Transliteration|grc|Iōánnēs}} (English: John) from Hebrew {{lang|he|יוֹחָנָן}} {{Transliteration|he|Yôḥānnān}} meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bulgarian Saint Ivan of Rila.

It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century.

Etymology

Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is {{lang|ru|Иван}}, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is {{lang|uk|Іван}}. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is {{Script|Cyrs|Їѡан}}.

It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name {{lang|la|Johannes}}, corresponding to English John.[http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/i/origin-and-meaning-of-ivan.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Ivan] This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek {{lang|grc|Ἰωάννης}} (Iōánnēs) rather than from the Latin {{lang|la|Io(h)annes}}. The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן ({{Transliteration|he|Yôḥānān}}), meaning "YHWH (God) is gracious". The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name {{lang|he|יוחנן}} ({{IPA|he|joχanan|pron}}), short for {{lang|he|יהוחנן}} ({{IPA|he|jehoχanan|pron}}), meaning "God was merciful". Common patronymics derived from the name are Ivanović (Serbian and Croatian), Ivanov (Russian and Bulgarian), and Ivanovich (Russian, used as middle name), corresponding to "Ivan's son".

Popularity

The name is common among Slovenes, Croats, Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Belarusians, Macedonians, Serbs, Bosnians, Montenegrins, and to a smaller extent Czechs{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/czech|title = Czech Names - Behind the Name}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kdejsme.cz/jmeno/Ivan/hustota/|title=Jméno: 'Ivan', počet výskytů 23197 v celé ČR|publisher=Kdejsme.cz|language=cs|year=2016}} and Slovaks.

Ivan is the most common male name in Bulgaria (as of 2013){{cite web | url=http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Names2014p_JDYA1PO.pdf | title=Имената в България през 2014 година (Предварителни данни)| work=nsi.bg | language=bg|date= 26 July 2013 | access-date=26 July 2013}} and Croatia (as of 2013).{{cite web | url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/zene-po-prvi-put-u-hrvatskoj-bolje-obrazovane-od-muskaraca-vise-od-pola-hrvata-mladih-od-50-zna-se-sluziti-internetom/1116540/ | title=ŽENE U HRVATSKOJ PO PRVI PUT BOLJE OBRAZOVANE OD MUŠKARACA Koliko Hrvata ima e-mail, a koliko ne zna ni čitati? | work=Jutarnji list | language=hr | date=26 July 2013 | access-date=26 July 2013 | archive-date=13 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313020319/http://www.jutarnji.hr/zene-po-prvi-put-u-hrvatskoj-bolje-obrazovane-od-muskaraca-vise-od-pola-hrvata-mladih-od-50-zna-se-sluziti-internetom/1116540/ | url-status=dead }} In Serbia, it was the 9th most common male name in the period of 1971–1980; 6th in 1981–1990; 9th in 1991–2000.{{cite web|url=http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/public/PublicationView.aspx?pKey=41&pLevel=1&pubType=2&pubKey=1502|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|title=Најчешћа имена и презимена|year=2011|language=sr|access-date=2013-12-03|archive-date=2015-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130231/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/public/PublicationView.aspx?pKey=41&pLevel=1&pubType=2&pubKey=1502|url-status=dead}} It is also the 6th most common name in Slovenia.{{Cite web |title=Ivan Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity |url=https://forebears.io/forenames/ivan |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=forebears.io}}

In Croatia, with over thirty thousand namesakes, the name Ivan was the most popular between 1930 and 1940, and waned in popularity from 2003 to 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Ivan/|title = Name Ivan @ Acta Croatica}} The name Ivan was the most common masculine given name until 1959, and between 1980 and 1999.{{Croatian Census 2011|N|tabid=30|tabname=Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth}}

Since the 20th century, it is becoming more popular in the Romance-speaking world; Italian (both the original form and the italianized version, Ivano), Spanish (as Iván), and Portuguese (sometimes Ivã).

Ivan (pl. die Ivans) was also occasionally used by various parties during World War II as a general name for the Soviets.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/exceptional-voice-of-the-bear-from-berlin/2008/04/24/1208743144542.html|title=Exceptional voice of the bear from Berlin|date=25 April 2008}}

Forms

Its female forms are Ivana (West and South Slavic) and Ivanna (East Slavic), while Ivanka and Iva are diminutives by origin. Slavic male diminutives (including historical) are Vanya or Vanja, Ivaniš, Ivanko, Ivanča, Ivanče, etc. A shorter form of the name is Ivo.

Notable people

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  • Ivanko, a Bulgarian boyar who killed Tsar Ivan Asen I in 1196
  • John Horvat (Ivan Horvat, d. 1394), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Macsó (1376–1381, and 1385–1386)
  • John of Palisna (Ivan od Paližne, d. 1391), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1385–1386)
  • Ivanko, a Bulgarian despot of the Despotate of Dobruja, ruled 1385-1399
  • Ivan Bohun (died 1664), colonel of Ukrainian Cossacks
  • Ivan Bot, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1493)
  • Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in Ukraine
  • Ivan Mažuranić, Austro-Hungarian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1873–1880), and poet
  • Ivan Pidkova (died 1578), Ukrainian Cossack leader
  • Ivan Sirko (c. 1610–1680), Ukrainian Cossack military leader
  • Ivan Sulyma, Ukrainian Cossack leader
  • Ivan Samoylovych (died 1690), Cossack hetman of Left-bank Ukraine

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=Clergy=

  • Ivan Lee (1955 or 1956–2020), Australian Anglican bishop
  • Ivan Rilski (John of Rila), Bulgarian Orthodox hermit and patron saint (876–946)

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  • Ivan Barias, Dominican-American music producer and songwriter
  • Ivan Brunetti (born 1967), cartoonist
  • Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), Russian writer and Nobel laureate in literature
  • Ivan Della Mea (1940–2009), Italian singer-songwriter
  • Ivan Dixon (1931–2008), American actor, director and producer
  • Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Ukrainian singer and actor
  • Ivan Doroschuk (born 1957), lead vocalist for Men Without Hats
  • Ivan Dorschner (born 1990), Filipino-American actor, host and model
  • Ivan Franko (1856–1916), Ukrainian writer
  • Ivan (gorilla), painter
  • Ivan Graziani (1945–1997), Italian singer-songwriter
  • Ivan Jones, British Writer and poet
  • Ivan Král (1948–2020), Czech-American musician
  • Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), Croatian sculptor and architect
  • Van Morrison (George Ivan Morrison, born 1945), Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
  • Ivan Moody (born 1980), singer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch
  • Ivan Ozhogin (born 1978), Russian singer and actor
  • Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter
  • Ivan Turgenev (1818–1893), Russian novelist
  • Ivan Urgant (born 1978), Russian television personality, presenter, actor and musician
  • Ivan Vazov (1850–1921), Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature"
  • Ivan Shishmanov (1862–1928), Bulgarian writer, ethnographer, politician and diplomat

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=Science, academia, business and other =

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  • Ivan Aboimov (1936–2022), Russian diplomat and ambassador
  • Ivan Agayants (1911–1968), Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin
  • Ivan Aksakov (1823–1886), Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile
  • Ivan Boesky (born 1937), Wall Street trader who inspired the character of Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street.
  • Ivan Chermayeff, graphic designer
  • Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan Anglican priest
  • Ivan Gazidis (born 1964), chief executive of the AC Milan
  • Ivan Glasenberg (born 1957), CEO of Glencore, director of Xstrata and Minara Resources
  • Ivan Greenberg (1896–1966), English journalist
  • Ivan Hričovský (1932–2024), Slovak celebrity gardener
  • Ivan Ilyin (1883–1954), Russian religious and political philosopher
  • Ivan Massow (born 1967), chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
  • Ivan Menezes (1959–2023), CEO of Diageo, non-executive director at Coach, Inc.
  • Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings
  • Ivan Miller (1898–1967), Canadian journalist and sportscaster
  • Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy (1859–1935), Russian mathematician
  • Ivan J. Parron, entertainment attorney and entrepreneur
  • Ivan Pavlov (1849–1946), Russian physiologist and Nobel laureate in Medicine & Physiology
  • Ivan Rogers (born 1960), British civil servant, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union
  • Ivan Seidenberg (born 1946), chairman & CEO at Verizon Communications
  • Ivan Selin (born 1937), former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fulbright scholar
  • Ivan Semwanga, Ugandan-born South African philanthropist
  • Ivan Šramko, (born 1957), Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (2005–2010)
  • Ivan Wettengel (1876–1935), Naval Governor of Guam

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Other notable people with the given name "Ivan"

Fiction

See also

References

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