Ivan

From Russian Ива́н (Iván), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages. Doublet of John and its relatives Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.vən/, /ɪˈvɑːn/, /ˈivɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪvən

Ivan

1. A male given name from Russian of English speakers.
   • 2010, Kate Atkinson, Started Early, took My Dog, Doubleday, →ISBN, 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 Ива́н (Iván).
3. a transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Іва́н (Iván).
4. a transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Іва́н (Iván)
5. a transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Иван (Ivan).
6. (slang) A Russian.

   Ivan is yelling curses at his friends.

7. (slang) Russians (collectively, personified).

   Ivan is planning an attack on our flank.

8. (slang, archaic) A Soviet.
9. (slang, archaic) Soviets (collectively, personified).
   • 2006, Max Brooks, World War Z:

     I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.

10. (Internet slang, derogatory) An online troll who promotes views supportive of Russian nationalism or the 2022 invasion of Ukraine; a vatnik.

    Ivan, stop repeating Kremlin propaganda.

• Vanya (diminutive of Ivan)

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

Ivan

1. A male given name from Welsh 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.

• VAIN, Vani, Viña, Vina, Vian, vain, 'avin', Na'vi, vani, vina

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iˈβan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [iˈvan]

Ivan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ivan

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪvan]

Ivan m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ivan
2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Russian (person)

   Synonym: Rusák

Ivan m anim (female equivalent Ivanová)

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

• “Ivan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Ivan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Ivan”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

From Russian Ива́н (Iván).

Ivan

1. a male given name of Danish speakers
2. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván)

• [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.

Ivan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ivan

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

From Russian Ива́н (Iván). First recorded as a Norwegian name in 1824.

Ivan

1. a male given name of Norwegian speakers
2. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván)

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

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈiʋan/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈivan/

Ivan m pers

1. a male given name

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Ivan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• Ivã

From Russian Ива́н (Iván). Doublet of João, Ian, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane.

Ivan m

1. a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Ivan

Borrowed from Bulgarian Иван (Ivan) or Russian Иван (Ivan) or Ukrainian Иван (Yvan). Doublet of Ioan.

Ivan m

1. a male given name
2. a surname
3. a river in Covasna County, Romania, tributary to the Valea Crișului

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

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

Ìvan m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ѝван)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

   Synonym: Jòvan

• IPA^(key): /ˈivan/

Ivan m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ivan

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

• “Ivan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /íːʋan/

Ȋvan m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Ívan
gen. sing.	Ívana
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Ívan	Ívana	Ívani
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Ívana	Ívanov	Ívanov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Ívanu	Ívanoma	Ívanom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Ívana	Ívana	Ívane
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Ívanu	Ívanih	Ívanih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Ívanom	Ívanoma	Ívani

• “Ivan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Russian Ива́н (Iván). First recorded in Sweden in 1797.

Ivan c (genitive Ivans)

1. a male given name of Swedish speakers
2. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván)

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

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