Ivan

See also: Iván and ivan

English

Etymology 1

From Russian Иван (Ivan), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages, all of them cognates of the English John.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.vən/, /ɪˈvɑːn/
• Rhymes: -aɪvən

Proper noun

Ivan

1. A male given name of English speakers.
   • 2010 Kate Atkinson, Started Early, took My Dog, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385608022, page 66:

     Amy's husband was called Ivan. Ivan the Terrible, Barry always called him, naturally. 'Ivan? What kind of name is that?' he said to Tracy after Amy's engagement was announced. 'Bloody Russian.'

     'Actually, I think it's because he had a Norwegian grandfather', Tracy said.

     'Norwegian?' Barry said incredulously, as if she'd just announced that Ivan's family came from the moon.

2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Иван (Ivan).
3. (slang) A Russian.
4. (slang) Russians (collectively, personified).

   Ivan is planning an attack on our flank.

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: إِيفَان‎ m (ʾifān)
• Armenian: Իվան (Ivan)
• Belarusian: Іван m (Iván)
• Bulgarian: Иван m (Iván)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊凡 (ji¹ faan⁴), 艾雲 (aai³ wan⁴)

  Mandarin: 伊万 (Yīwàn)

• Chuvash: Йăван (Jăvan)
• Czech: Ivan (cs) m
• Danish: Ivan
• Esperanto: Ivano
• Finnish: Iivana
• French: Ivan (fr) m
• Georgian: ივან (ivan)
• German: Iwan (de) m, Ivan (de) m
• Greek: Ιβάν m (Iván)
• Hindi: इवान m (ivān)
• Hungarian: Iván (hu) m
• Italian: Ivano (it) m

• Japanese: イワン (Iwan), イヴァン (Ivan)
• Latvian: Ivans m
• Lithuanian: Ivanas m
• Macedonian: Иван (mk) m (ĺvan)
• Norwegian: Ivan (no)
• Persian: ایوان‎ (fa) (Ivân)
• Polish: Iwan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ivan m, Ivã (pt) m
• Romanian: Ioan m, Ivan (ro) m
• Russian: Ива́н (ru) m (Iván), (ancient) Иоа́нн (ru) m (Ioánn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѝван m (Ivan)

  Roman: Ìvan m

• Slovene: Ívan (sl) m
• Spanish: Iván (es) m
• Swedish: Ivan (sv) m
• Ukrainian: Іван (uk) m (Iván)
• Yakut: Уйбаан (Uybaan)

Etymology 2

Rare variant of English Evan, from Welsh Ifan, the Welsh equivalent of John.

Proper noun

Ivan

1. A male given name of Welsh origin.
   • 1833 George Newenham Wright, Scenes in North Wales, T. T. and J. Tegg, page 137:

     Dafydd ap Ivan ap Einion, an adherent to the house of Lancaster held out, in Harlech Castle, for nine years after the accession of Edward the Fourth to the throne of England.

Anagrams

• Vani, Viña, vain, vina

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Catalan

Proper noun

Ivan m

1. Ivan

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Czech

Proper noun

Ivan m

1. A male given name, cognate to Ivan.

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Danish

Etymology

From Russian Иван (Ivan).

Proper noun

Ivan

1. A male given name of Danish speakers.
2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Иван (Ivan).

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 7613 males with the given name Ivan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005. Accessed on 28 October 2011.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Ivan m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• son of Ivan: Ivansson
• daughter of Ivan: Ivansdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ivan
Accusative	Ivan
Dative	Ivani
Genitive	Ivans

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian Иван (Ivan). First recorded as a Norwegian name in 1824.

Proper noun

Ivan

1. A male given name of Norwegian speakers.
2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Иван (Ivan).

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistik sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:1310 males with the given name Ivan living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ivã

Etymology

From Russian Ива́н (Iván).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ˈvɐ̃/

Proper noun

Ivan m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ivan

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From New Testament Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) (not from Latin Iohannes), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānnān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐʋan/
• Hyphenation: I‧van

Proper noun

Ìvan m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝван)

1. A male given name, equivalent to John.

Declension

Declension of Ivan

	singular
nominative	Ivan
genitive	Ivana
dative	Ivanu
accusative	Ivana
vocative	Ivane
locative	Ivanu
instrumental	Ivanom

Synonyms

• Jòvan

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈivan/

Proper noun

Ivan m (genitive Ivana, nominative plural Ivanovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Ivan

	singular	plural
nominative	Ivan	Ivanovia
genitive	Ivana	Ivanov
dative	Ivanovi	Ivanom
accusative	Ivana	Ivanov
locative	Ivanovi	Ivanoch
instrumental	Ivanom	Ivanmi

Derived terms

• Ivanko
• Ivo, Ivko
• Ivčo
• Ivuľo, Ivuľko
• Ivušo, Ivuško

Further reading

• Ivan in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈíːʋan/
• Tonal orthography: ȋvan

Proper noun

Ívan m anim (genitive Ívana)

1. A male given name, cognate to John.

Declension

Declension of Ívan (masculine anim., hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	Ívan
accusative	Ívana
genitive	Ívana
dative	Ívanu
locative	Ívanu
instrumental	Ívanom

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Swedish

Etymology

From Russian Иван (Ivan). First recorded in Sweden in 1797.

Proper noun

Ivan

1. A male given name of Swedish speakers.
2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Иван (Ivan).

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistika centralbyrån: 11 824 males with the given name Ivan living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.