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Ivana
Say it: EE-vah-nah
Meaning
Feminine of Ivan (John), from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common feminine of Ivan in Croatian, Czech, Slovak and Serbian use through the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 6,933 babies given this name since 1943
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 6,700 girls
- 222 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ивана
| Czech | Ivana |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Ivana |
| Croatian | Ivana |
| Bulgarian | Ivana |
| Russian | Ivanna |
Famous bearers
- Ivana Trump, Czech-American businesswoman
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.