Given name · also Slavic

Ivanas

“God is gracious”

Ivanas is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Lithuanian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ivanas goes back to Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), meaning “God is gracious.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Ivanas comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Lithuanian usage, Ivanas developed from Иоанъ. In Lithuanian usage, Ivanas developed from Ἰωάννης.

Ivanas’s family of names

In Lithuanian usage, Ivanas has a diminutive in Ivančius. In Lithuanian usage, Ivanas developed from Иоанъ. In Lithuanian usage, Ivanas has a related form in Jonas.

Walk Ivanas’s family in the name graph

IvanasИванJonasIvaškaIvančiusJohn伊萬ἸωάννηςИоанъ

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Ivanas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

LithuanianChineseHebrew

6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Hebrew

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“oak”

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Hebrew

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No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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