Ivan (name)

Pronunciation	Russian: [ɪˈvan] Serbo-Croatian: [ǐʋan]
Gender	Male
Word/name	Slavic (Old Church Slavonic Їωан), from Greek; from Hebrew
Meaning	"God is gracious"
Related names	See "John" in other languages

Ivan (Cyrillic: Иван) is a Slavic male given name, a variant of the Greek name Iōánnēs (English: John). The name is used by Christians and is the most common Slavic variant of the name. It is popular in Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Belarus, Macedonia, Montenegro, and is also notably becoming popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century.

Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Iван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is Їωан).

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