 Meaning of name Ivan
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Meaning  The name Ivan has the following meaning: Form of John, meaning "God is gracious".
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys. Popularity
As a baby boy name, Ivan is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 131 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Ivan fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 4 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 136 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ivan in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Pronunciation The name Ivan is pronounced as eye-vun Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Ivan and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ivan: Boys - Boris, Casimir, Damir, Daniika, Darko, Girls - Danica, Darva, Lala, Neda, Tatianna, Tianna, Vlasta, Zaria, Zora, Both genders - Agnes, Anna, Beryl, Betty, Dallas, DavidVariants Popular Variants for the name Ivan: Iban, Ibano, Ivanhoe, Ivann (Slavic), Ivano, Ivant, Ivante, Ivantea, Ivantee, Ivantey, Ivanti, Ivantie, Ivanty, IwanNicknames Common nicknames for the name Ivan are: Vanya
Style We think the name Ivan should fall under the following style category: Catholic. See other Catholic boy namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ivan to be: Jolly and generousIn one word, you might describe Ivan as a(n) " generous" person. See other "generous" names for boys. |
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Famous persons The names of some famous persons by the name Ivan (or its variants) are: Ivan Lendl, born on 7 March, a famous athlete. Ivan Lendl's background: A former World No. 1 professional tennis player. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s[1] and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. Tennis magazine named him as one of the ten greatest tennis players since 1966, calling him 'the game’s greatest overachiever' and emphasizing. Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin , born on 22 October, a famous author. Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin 's background: The first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as 'Bunin brocade', is one of the richest in the language. His last book of fiction, The Dark Avenues (1943), is arguably the most widely read 20th-century collection of short stories in Russia. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, born on 28 October, a famous novelist. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev's background: A Russian novelist and playwright. His novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. 
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