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Ivan

OriginRussian variation of John
Meaning"God is gracious"
GenderBoy

About Ivan

Variation of Ivanhoe

2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Ivan ranked #163 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #113 in 2012, Nameberry popularity #294.

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Famous Ivans

  • 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

  • Ivan Vladimirovich Provorov

    Russian ice hockey player

  • Ivan Toney

    English Footballer

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

Variations & nicknames

  • VanushaRussian
  • EyvindIrish Gaelic
  • VanyaRussian
  • VánaCzech
  • YvanBreton
  • IoannRussian
  • VánuskaCzech
  • IwanWelsh
  • EyvanIrish Gaelic
  • IvánekCzech

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