Ïwan

given name · Latin script

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

Ïwan 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 Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Ifan and Siôn.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 32as Ivan(measured from records)
  • BGBulgaria1 in 46as Иван
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 56as Іван

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 Ïwan 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, as Ivan

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

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

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Иван in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria, MD Moldova, Ivan in US United States, HR Croatia, ID Indonesia 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 Ïwan: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Ïwan
  1. LatinIōannēs(measured from records)
  2. Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
  3. Biblical HebrewיוֹחָנָןYôḥānān“God is gracious”(measured from records)

From Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Ifan and Siôn.

Sources 3

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ïwan 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 Ïwan 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
HR Croatia#2130,828as Ivan1 in 32131KIvan208
MD Moldova#77354,717as Ivan1 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); 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ïwan is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia, Switzerland, Netherlands

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Iwan

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ïwan 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 Ïwan mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Ifan and Siôn. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
Is Ïwan a male or female name?
Ïwan 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 Ïwan 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 Ïwan most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Ïwan itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Croatia's: the national register counts about 1 in 32 people named Ivan.
How common is the name Ïwan?
In the United States, the national register counted 254,255 people named Evan in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
How common is Ïwan compared with other names?
In Russia, Ïwan 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, “Ïwan” — the 28th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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