Ivan (name)

Ivan (Cyrillic Иван, historically Иоанн, Ioann ) or Ivan is a Slavic variant of the masculine name Johannes.

Word origin and spelling

Transcription from the Cyrillic alphabet ( eg, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian ) is reproduced in German with "Ivan ". If the first name written with Latin letters in the original "Ivan" (eg Croatian), the name remains unchanged. The name comes from the Greek Ιωάννης Ioannes (John ), which was about the Church Slavonic Іѡанъ ( Ioan ) today Иван.

Variants

  • Iván, Spanish form
  • Ivica, Croatian diminutive
  • Iviša, Croatian diminutive
  • Ivana, feminine form
  • Jan, West Slavic form

Dissemination

In Slavic languages ​​, the name is as common as the variants in the German Johannes or John in Anglo-American language area. He is considered the " typical Russian name par excellence ", and is colloquially also a term for Russians in general. It has been in the times of the two world wars and the Cold War in German and English a somewhat negative connotation get ( Ethnophaulismus ), comparable to Fritz in Russian and English.

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Holy Ivan († 900 ), Hermit in Svatý Jan pod Skalou in Bohemia
  • Saint Ivan Rilski ( 876-946 ), hermit and founder of the largest Bulgarian monastery, the Rila monastery

Family name

  • Andrzej Iwan ( born 1959 ), Polish footballer
  • Catalin Ivan (born 1978 ), Romanian politician
  • Dafydd Iwan ( born 1943 ), Welsh singer
  • Ivan Frederick (1889-1967), German painter and graphic artist
  • Tomasz Iwan (born 1971 ), Polish footballer
  • Andreas Ivan (* 1995), German football player
  • Ion Ivan - Roncea ( b. 1947 ), Romanian harpist
  • Marian Ivan (born 1969 ), the Romanian football player
  • Paula Ivan ( born 1963 ), Romanian track and field athlete
  • Rosalind Ivan (1880-1959), British actress
  • Tommy Ivan (1911-1999), Canadian ice hockey coach and official
  • Wilfred D. Iwan ( born 1935 ), American Civil

Ruler

In Bulgaria

  • Ivan Vladislav, Tsar (1015-1018)
  • Ivan Asen I., Tsar (1186-1196)
  • Ivan Asen II, Tsar (1218-1241)
  • Ivan Asen III. , Tsar (1279-1280)
  • Ivan IV Smilez, Tsar (1298-1299)
  • Stefan Ivan, Tsar (1330-1331)
  • Ivan Alexander, Tsar (1331-1371)
  • Schischman Ivan, Tsar (1371-1393)
  • Ivan Strazimir, Despot of Vidin (1360-1396)

In Montenegro

  • Ivan I. Crnojević, Prince of Montenegro (1465/1481-1490)
  • Ivan Crnojević II, Prince of Montenegro (1514-1528)

Russia

  • Ivan I, Grand Duke (1328-1341)
  • Ivan II, Grand Prince (1353-1359)
  • Ivan III. , The Great, Grand Prince (1462-1505)
  • Ivan IV, the Terrible, Tsar (1530-1584)
  • Ivan V, Tsar (1682-1696)
  • Ivan VI. , Tsar (1740-1741)

First name

Inter alia:

  • Ivan Carlos Batista Rubim (born 1973 ), Brazilian footballer
  • Ivan Ergić ( born 1981 ), Serbian football player
  • Ivica Horvat (1926-2012), Croatian - Yugoslav football player and coach
  • Ivan Illich (1926-2002), Austrian author, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest
  • Ivan Klasnić ( born 1980 ), Croatian football player
  • Ivan Nikolayevich Kuzmin (born 1962 ), Russian ski - orienteering
  • Ivan Lendl ( born 1960 ), Czech tennis player
  • Ivan Nagel (1931-2012), German writer and theater director of Hungarian origin
  • Ivan Santini (* 1989), Croatian football player
  • Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), Russian physician and psychologist (Nobel Prize )
  • Iwan Rickenbacher ( born 1943 ), Swiss communications consultant
  • Ivan Rakitić (* 1988), Croatian and Swiss footballer
  • Ivica Kostelic ( born 1979 ), Croatian skier
  • Yvan Goor (1884-1958), Belgian bicycle and motorcycle racer
  • Yvan Pestalozzi ( b. 1937 ), Swiss iron sculptor

Artist Name

  • Iván (born 1962 ), Spanish singer
  • Ivan Rebroff (1931-2008), German singer
  • Ivan (born 1973 ), full name is Ivan Carlos Batista Rubim, Brazilian footballer

Patronyma

  • Is written or even Ivanovich, Ivanovič, Ivanović the father name of Ivan: Ivanovich, ( Иванович Russian)
  • Ivanov is the resultant of it as a common patronymic surname Russian

Toponyma

  • Sveti Ivan, a Bulgarian Black Sea island off the town of Sozopol.
  • Ivanovo (Russian: Иваново ), Russian and Bulgarian (Ivanovo - Bulgarian Иваново ) Place name of Ivan ( Иван ).
  • Ivanovice, Ivančice, Ivaň and Ivaň na Hané are Czech place names of Ivan
  • Family name
  • Male first name
  • Ethnophaulismus
  • Slavic personal name
Transcription (linguistics) List of ethnic slurs Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria Ivan II of Bulgaria Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria Ivanovo, Ruse Province
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