Ivanka

Where Ivanka comes from

From Czech Ivanka (from Ivana + -ka, q.v.). Doublet of Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ivanka
  • Czech
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1996
    First appearance
    #9,581 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2017
    Peak, #1,392
    165 babies named Ivanka — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,286.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Czech.
Namesakes

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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.