Hryven'

Ukrainian hryvnia
українська гривня (in Ukrainian)
200 hryven' (гривень)
ISO 4217
Code	UAH
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	kopiyka (копійка)
Plural	hryvni (nom. pl.), hryven (gen. pl.)
kopiyka (копійка)	kopiyky (nom. pl.), kopiyok (gen. pl.)
Symbol	₴
Banknotes	₴1, ₴2, ₴5, ₴10, ₴20, ₴50, ₴100, ₴200, ₴500
Coins
Freq. used	5, 10, 25, 50 kopiyok, ₴1
Rarely used	1, 2 kopiyky
Demographics
User(s)	Ukraine (except Crimea)
Issuance
Central bank	National Bank of Ukraine
Website	www.bank.gov.ua
Printer	National Bank of Ukraine
Mint	National Bank of Ukraine
Valuation
Inflation	6.9% (06.2016 y-o-y)
Source	NBU, 2016, June
Method	CPI

The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya (Ukrainian: гривня, pronounced [ˈɦrɪu̯nʲɑ], abbr.: грн (hrn in the Latin alphabet)); sign: ₴, code: UAH), has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyky. It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'.

The currency of Kievan Rus' in the eleventh century was called grivna. The word is thought to derive from the Slavic griva; c.f. Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian грива / griva, meaning "mane". It might have indicated something valuable worn around the neck, usually made of silver or gold; c.f. Bulgarian and Serbian grivna (гривна, "bracelet"). Later, the word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight; c.f. Ukrainian hryvenyk (гривеник), Russian grivennik (гривенник, "10-kopek piece").

The modern Ukrainian hryvnia is sometimes transliterated as hryvna, hrivna, gryvna or grivna, due to its Russian language counterpart, гри́вна, pronounced grívna. However, the standard English name for the currency is hryvnia.

The National Bank of Ukraine has recommended that a distinction be made between hryvnia and grívna in both historical and practical means.