Given name & surname · also Russian
Ivans
Ivans is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Slavic. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ivans comes from Russian, and ultimately from Slavic.
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Ivans’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Ivans has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ivan. In Latvian usage, Ivans was borrowed from the Czech form Ivan. In Latvian usage, Ivans has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 伊萬.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ivans has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ivans
- Ivans KlementjevsLatvian politician and sprint canoeist (born 1960)
- Ivans Bugajenkovsvolleyball playerborn 1938
- Ivans LukjanovsLatvian footballerborn 1987
- Ivans RibakovsLatvian politician (1960-)
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