Ivān

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ivān is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 28th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Russian Ива́н (Iván). First recorded in Sweden in 1797.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 32(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 360
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ivān itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400,000 named Иван, est.

#37 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
511 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 32 (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

IvānLatin(measured from records)
ИванCyrillic(measured from records)
ԻվանArmenian(measured from records)
ΙβανGreek(measured from records)
ইভানBengali(measured from records)
이반Hangul(measured from records)
ივანGeorgian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ivan in US United States, HR Croatia, ES Spain and 1 more, Иван in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria, MD Moldova and Іван in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Ivān: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Ivān
  1. RussianИва́нIván(measured from records)
  2. Old Church SlavonicЇѡанъIoanŭ(inferred from the name graph)via Ива́н
  3. Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(inferred from the name graph)via Ива́н
  4. HebrewיוֹחָנָןYôḥānān“God is gracious”(inferred from the name graph)via Ива́н

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

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

Sources 9

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Irish first names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ivān counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ivān is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#28≈1,400,000 est.≈1 in 100#6Иван289
UA Ukraine#14≈780,000 est.≈1 in 56listedІван158
US United States#444254,255as Evan1 in 1.3K250KIvan511
ID Indonesia#213≈190,000 est.≈1 in 1.4KlistedIvan214
BG Bulgaria#2151,005as Иван1 in 46151KИван218
ES Spain#52138,9791 in 360139KIvan253
HR Croatia#2130,8281 in 32131KIvan208
MD Moldova#77354,7171 in 6155KИван40

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); NSI — most common given names (population); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ivān under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ivān mean, and where does it come from?
From Russian Ива́н (Iván). First recorded in Sweden in 1797. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 7 other sources.
Is Ivān a male or female name?
Ivān is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Ivān have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 million people named Иван in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Ivān most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ivān is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 32 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ivān?
In Spain, the national register counted 138,979 people named Ivān, about 1 in 360 residents.
How common is Ivān compared with other names?
In Russia, Ivān is the 28th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ivān” — the 28th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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