Given name
Ivanna
“God is gracious”
Ivanna is a variant of Ivana. In Slavic use, Ivana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ivanna is a variant of Ivana. In Slavic use, Ivana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ivanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,244
- 0 boys · 10,244 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 578 babies
- 2025
- 530
- #567 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 530 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 567 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 578 in 2017. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (118). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,239 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.
Ivanna’s family of names
In English usage, Ivanna shares an earlier linguistic root with Jane. Ivanna has a related form in Ivana. Ivanna is a feminine form of Ivan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ivanmasculine form
- Janedoublet · English
- Giovannaequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Juanaequivalent
- Janaequivalent
- Ivankaequivalent
- Yanaequivalent
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People named Ivanna
- Ivanna SakhnoUkrainian actress (born 1997)
- Ivanna Klympush-TsintsadzeUkrainian politicianborn 1972
- Ivanna MadrugaArgentine tennis playerborn 1961
- Ivanna BlazhkevychUkrainian writer (1886-1977)
- Ivana LieIndonesian badminton playerborn 1960
- Iva SidashUkrainian street and documentary photographer, photo artistborn 1995
- Ivanna Nyzhnyk-Vynnykivpainter (1912-1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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