Given name & surname · also French
Ivona
“a young archer”
Ivona is a variant of Ivonne. In French use, Ivonne carries the interpretation “a young archer.”
Original FrenchYvonne
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ivona is a variant of Ivonne. In French use, Ivonne carries the interpretation “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ivona comes from French, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Ivona developed from Yvonne.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ivona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 0 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 7 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 girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 562 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.
Ivona’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Ivona has a diminutive in IVKA. In Slovak usage, Ivona developed from the French form Yvonne. Ivona has a related form in Ivonne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ivona has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ivona
- Ivona DadicAustrian track and field athleteborn 1993
- Ivona Jukadirector from Croatia and Montenegroborn 1975
- Ivona Fialkováformer Slovak biathleteborn 1994
- Ivona PavićevićMontenegrin handball playerborn 1996
- Ivona BogojeCroatian basketball player (born 1976)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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