Iwan
See also: iwan
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ivan
- Syllabification: I‧wan
- Homophone: iwan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian Ива́н (Iván).
Proper noun
Iwan m pers (female equivalent Iwana)
- a male given name from Russian [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Ivan
- a male surname from Russian
Declension
Declension of Iwan
Proper noun
Iwan f (indeclinable)
- a female surname from Russian
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
Iwan f
- genitive plural of Iwana
Further reading
- Iwan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “Iwan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Ifan and Siôn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪu̯.an/
Proper noun
Iwan m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John