Forename Ivan

All around the world, Ivan (Ivan , Иван , Іван , along with others...) is a prevalent boy's first name. The first name Ivan is characteristic of Croatia, where it is a prevalent male name, Bulgaria, and Ukraine (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in Eastern Europe, particularly Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. Much less frequently, Ivan is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Ivan is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ivan

name Evan, name Ivashka, name Hannes, name Ivano, name Giuàn, name Honza, name Iván, name Ibán, name Ivans, name Ivań, name Hovhannes, name Ieuan, name Džons, name Ivàn, name Ivân, name Ioannes, name Ivan, name Ioann, name Giovanni, name Giovani, name Ianka, name Ivañ, name Howhannes, name Ioannis, name Ivàñ, name Hans, name Ivān, name Ionut, name Honsa, name Giannis, name Ian, name Ioan, name Ionuț, name Ivaň, name Ivãn, name Hovhannès, name Ivek, name إيفان, name Erwann, name Ivăn, name Іван, name Ianova, name Iohannes, name Ivane, name Gianni, name Huans, name Hanns, name Иван, name Ivo, name Ifan, name Giovan, name איוואן, name Ico, name 伊万, name Ion, name Gian

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ivan	Bulgaria, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia, Croatia
Иван	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Russia, Mexico
Іван	Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, United States, Poland
إيفان	Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Algeria
伊万	China
איוואן	Israel

First names said to be same

Džons, Erwann, Evan, Gian, Gianni, Giannis, Giovan, Giovani, Giovanni, Giuàn, Hannes, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Hovhannes, Hovhannès, Howhannes, Huans, Ian, Ianka, Ianova, Ibán, Ico, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Iohannes, Ion, Ionut, Ionuț, Ivane, Ivano, Ivans, Ivashka, Ivañ, Ivań, Ivaň, Ivek, Ivo, Ivàn, Ivàñ, Iván, Ivân, Ivãn, Ivān, Ivăn,

First name Ivan in the context

Ivan is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ivan Orav , the ultra-patriotic fictional character created by Andrus Kivirähk, Ivan Orava mälestused; Ivan Vanko , the fictional character from 2010 film 'Iron Man 2'; Ivan Karamazov , the fictional character in novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Ivan Drago , the fictional Russian boxer from the film Rocky IV and Ivan Steranko , the fictional character in the 2012–2017 animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ivan vladislav Bulgarian ruler, AL (b. 1000)
	ivan rostislavich berladnik GR (b. 1112)
	ivan vsevolodovich (1197-1247) (b. 1197)
	ivan dmitrievich of pereyaslavl (1268-1302) (b. 1268)
	ivan asen v of bulgaria Second son of emperor Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (b. 1301)
	ivan stefan di bulgaria Bulgarian ruler, IT (b. 1308)
	ivan asen iii Bulgarian ruler (b. 1259)
	ivan asen iv of bulgaria Bulgarian prince (b. 1326)
	ivan the russian Bulgarian military leader (b. 1300)
	ivan i of tver Prince of Tver (b. 1357)
	ivan yaroslavich (b. 1300)
	ivan vladimirovich (b. 1370)
	ivan nelipčić Croatian magnate of the 14th century (b. 1344)
	ivan frankopan Croatian noble (b. 1350)
	ivan ivanovich Prince of Zvenigorod (1354-1364) (b. 1354)

Characteristic surnames

Cruz, Flores, Ivanov, Morales, Mendoza, Sanchez, Alvarez, Almeida, Pereira, Ramirez, Ribeiro, Jimenez, Martinez, Carvalho, Castillo, Gonzalez, Ferreira, Oliveira, Rodriguez, Rodrigues, Gutierrez, Hernandez, Torres, Fernandez, Junior, Romero, Ruiz, Diaz, Lima, Silva, Sousa, Souza, Alves, Costa, Perez, Ramos, Rocha, Reyes, Gomez, Gomes, Lopez, Filho, Ortiz, Moreno, Santos, Araujo, Castro, Garcia, and Nascimento