Given name
Ivano
“God is gracious”
Ivano is a variant of Ivan. In Slavic use, Ivan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ivano is a variant of Ivan. In Slavic use, Ivan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ivano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 140 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.
Ivano’s family of names
Ivano has a related form in Ivan. In German usage, Ivano has a related form in Johannes. In Italian usage, Ivano has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 伊萬.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 55
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
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- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Янкаequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- 伊萬Chinese
- Yankaequivalent
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ivano
- Ivano BalićCroatian handball playerborn 1979
- Ivano BordonItalian footballerborn 1951
- Ivano BrugnettiItalian race walkerborn 1976
- Ivano BlasonItalian footballer (1923–2002)
- Ivano FontanaItalian boxer (1926-1993)
- Ivano MarescottiItalian actor (1946–2023)
- Ivano BonettiItalian footballerborn 1964
- Ivano FossatiItalian singer-songwriterborn 1951
- Ivano BeggioItalian entrepreneur (1944–2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ivano, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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