 Ivan the Terrible, first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 until 1584 | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Feminine | Ivana |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic (Old Church Slavonic Їωан), from Greek; from Hebrew |
| Meaning | "God is gracious" |
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| Related names | Jovan, Jan, Janez, Evan, Giovanni, Ifan, and "John" in other languages |
Ivan (Cyrillic: Иван / Іван) is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name Iōánnēs (English: John) from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן 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.