Given name
Ivana
“God is gracious”
Ivana is a feminine form of Ivan. In Slavic use, Ivan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Slavic use, Ivana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Ivana is a feminine form of Ivan. In Slavic use, Ivan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
Ivana is used as a feminine counterpart of Ivan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ivana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,042
- 0 boys · 8,042 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 266 babies
- 2025
- 217
- #1,102 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 217 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,102 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 266 in 2010. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,816 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ivana’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Ivana has a diminutive in Iva. In English usage, Ivana shares an earlier linguistic root with Jean. In Ingrian usage, Ivana has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ivana has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
34 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JohnEnglish
- Ivanmasculine form · Czech, Slovene
- Janedoublet · English
- Joannadoublet · English
- Joandoublet · English
- Shanedoublet · English
- Shawndoublet · English
- Giovannaequivalent
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- Jeandoublet · English
- Janadoublet · English
- Juanadoublet · English
- Siobhandoublet · English
- Shaundoublet · English
- Yanaequivalent
- Joanadoublet · Portuguese
- Janicedoublet · English
- Joannedoublet · English
- Juanitaequivalent
- Siandoublet · English
- Jeannedoublet · French, English
- Sheenadoublet · English
- Jonnaequivalent
- Shaunadoublet · English
- Janisdoublet · English
- Giovanadoublet · Portuguese
- Shawnadoublet · English
- Yvanarelated form
- Johanneequivalent
- Iwanaequivalent
- Shavonnedoublet · English
- Jendoublet · English
- Siânequivalent
- Ìvanafeminine form
- Иванsource · Russian
People named Ivana
- Ivanka TrumpAmerican businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
- Ivana TrumpCzech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
- Ivana Brlić-MažuranićCroatian writer (1874–1938)
- Ivana MiličevićBosnian actressborn 1974
- Ivana BaqueroSpanish actress and modelborn 1994
- Ivana ŠpanovićSerbian athletics competitorborn 1990
- Ivana KobilcaSlovenian artist (1861–1926)
- VannaCroatian singerborn 1970
- Ivana JorovićSerbian female tennis playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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