Given name
Iván
Iván is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Spanish and Hungarian.
Original RussianИван
Meaning & origin
Iván’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Iván has a diminutive in Ivánka. In Spanish usage, Iván has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Spanish usage, Iván has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Iván has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Iván comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- JohnEnglish
- IanEnglish
- Giovanniequivalent
- EvanEnglish
- IvanEnglish
- Johnnyequivalent
- Johanequivalent
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- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- 伊萬Chinese
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Iohannesequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Ibánequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Iván
- Iván Duque33rd President of Colombia 2018–2022born 1976
- Iván ZamoranoChilean footballerborn 1967
- Iván HelgueraSpanish footballerborn 1975
- Iván CampoSpanish footballerborn 1974
- Iván PedrosoCuban long jumperborn 1972
- RikiSpanish footballerborn 1980
- Iván VillarSpanish association football playerborn 1997
- Iván RamisSpanish footballerborn 1984
- Iván BartonSalvadorian association football refereeborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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