Ivan

Russian variation of John

"God is gracious"

Ivan Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ivanhoe

Ivan Rank in US Top 1000

# 153 in the US

Ivan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 330 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ivan

• 153 US 2024
• 330 Nameberry 2025
• 139 Future 2028
• 274 England 2024
• 288 Germany 2016
• 77 Spain 2023
• 66 Portugal 2014
• 69 Mexico 2021
• 191 switzerland 2023
• 191 Poland 2020
• 25 Estonia 2024
• 38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024
• 7 Croatia 2024
• 11 Ukraine 2022

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Famous People Named Ivan

• Ivan I Daniilovich Kalita Prince of Moscow
• Ivan II Ivanovich the Fair Prince of Moscow
• Ivan III Vasilyevich aka Ivan the Great Prince of Moscow
• Ivan IV Vasilyevich aka Ivan the Terrible Tsar of Russia
• Ivan Alexander Tsar of Bulgaria
• Ivan Asen I and II Tsars of Bulgaria
• Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan Russian WWII commander
• Ivan Lendl tennis player
• Ivan Andreyevich Bukin Russian ice dancer
• Ivan Basso Italian road bicycle racer
• Ivan Aivazovsky Russian painter
• (Ivan) Nathan Followill musician from band "Kings of Leon"
• Ivan Todorovic Serbian footballer (plays for Portugal)
• Ivan "Kuki" Kukolj Serbian singer
• Ivan Sanchez Spanish actor
• Ivan Dodig Croatian tennis player
• Ivan Petrovich Pavlov renowned Russian physiologist and Nobel Prize winner
• Ivan Bunin winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Ivan Martinez Spanish YouTuber; twin brother Emilio Martinez
• Ivan Orkin American chef, creator of Ivan Ramen restaurants

The name Ivan in Pop Culture

• Ivan Braginsky personification of Russia in the manga/anime Axis Powers: Hetalia
• "The One and Only Ivan" novel by Katherine Applegate
• Ivan Alexeev character in film "Tapeheads"
• Ivan character in animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
• "Ivan the Fool " short story by Leo Tolstoy
• Ivan Vanko villain in "The Invincible Iron" comics
• Ivan Denisovich Shukhov title character in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"
• Ivan character in video game "Golden Sun"
• Ivan Vassilevich Lomov character in Anton Chekhov's "A Marriage Proposal"
• Ivan Raidenovich Raikov character in video game "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater"
• "The Death of Ivan Ilyich " novel by Leo Tolstoy
• Ivan Karamazov character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"
• Ivan doorman in 2006 film "Curious George"
• Ivan Veen main character in Vladimir Nabokov's "Ada or Ardor"
• Ivan Drago boxer in film "Rocky IV"
• Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov (Bezdomny) character in Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita"
• Ivan Shawbly character on TV's "Mona the Vampire"
• Ivan character in Aphmau's YouTube series
• Ivan Bruel character in "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir"
• Ivan a vampire in the French online visual novel Moonlight Lovers

International Variations of the name Ivan

• Vanusha Russian
• Eyvind Irish Gaelic
• Vanya Russian
• Vána Czech
• Yvan Breton
• Ioann Russian
• Vánuska Czech
• Iwan Welsh
• Eyvan Irish Gaelic
• Ivánek Czech