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Ivan name meaning

“Yahweh is gracious”

Letters
4
Syllables
2
First letter
I
Origin
European
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2000s: 9.7%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s9.7%
2010s–

Meaning kindnessEuropean origin

Ivan is a Slavic boy's name, a form of John, meaning 'Yahweh is gracious'.

What does Ivan mean?

Yahweh is gracious

In Malay: Yahweh itu pemurah

#Kindness#Blessing

Sources (2)

About the name Ivan

Ivan is the Slavic form of John, from the Greek name Ioannes and ultimately the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning 'Yahweh is gracious'. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 1,383 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginEuropean
SyllablesI-van

Ivan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Boy: 1,383 · 9.7%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Ivan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Ivan · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning

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