Given name
Yvana
“God is gracious”
Yvana is a form of Ivana. In Slavic use, Ivana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Slavic use, Yvana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yvana is a form of Ivana. In Slavic use, Ivana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
Yvana is used as a form of Ivana.
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
Yvana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,890 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,890 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 229 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.
Yvana’s family of names
Yvana is a form of Ivana. Yvana has a related form in Yvan. Yvana has a related form in Yvanna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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