Ivan

Where Ivan comes from

From Russian Ива́н (Iván), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages. Doublet of John and its relatives Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean, etc.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ivan
  • Russian
  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1818
    Ivan Turgenev born
    Russian writer
  2. 1870
    Ivan Bunin born
    Russian writer and poet
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #320 among boys — 28 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 2012
    Peak, #113
    3,233 babies named Ivan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Russian of English speakers.
  • A male given name from Welsh of Welsh origin.
Namesakes
  • Ivan Turgenev · Russian writer, 1818–1883
  • Ivan Bunin · Russian writer and poet, 1870–1953
  • Ivan Pavlov · Russian physiologist, 1849–1936
  • Ivan the Terrible · Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584, 1530–1584
  • Ivan Krylov · Russian writer, 1769–1844

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.