Nickname
Ivan the Terrible
“inspiring fear or terror; dangerous; powerful”
Ivan the Terrible is a given name from Russian, meaning “inspiring fear or terror; dangerous; powerful.”
Original RussianИва́н Гро́зный
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ivan the Terrible means “inspiring fear or terror; dangerous; powerful.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ivan the Terrible’s family of names
In English usage, Ivan the Terrible has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form Iivana Julma. In English usage, Ivan the Terrible has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Ivan de Verschrikkelijke. In English usage, Ivan the Terrible has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ivan der Schreckliche.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Ivan the Terrible has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Ivan the Terrible comes from · 1 name
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ива́н Гро́зныйRussian
- Iwan GroźnyPolish
- Ivanas RūstusisLithuanian
- Jānis BriesmīgaisLatvian
- Ivan il TerribileItalian
- Ivan der SchrecklicheGerman
- Ivan le TerribleFrench
- Iivana JulmaFinnish
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