MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ivana mean?
Ivana is a feminine form in Slavic naming traditions connected with Ivan and the wider John family. The English dictionary documents borrowing from several Slavic languages, while Tagalog records its English-mediated use.
The older Hebrew background concerns divine grace. This distinguishes the ultimate root from the immediate donor language. Ivana and Ivan share that history without making the final -a an independent Hebrew word.
The exact Ivana spelling remains distinct from related names such as Jana and Joanna in personal records.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ʔiˈvana/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɪˈvaː.n̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ʔiˈbana/with nativization
- [ʔɪˈbaː.n̪ɐ]with nativization
I · va · na3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From various Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian Ивана (Ivana). Doublet of Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
A female given name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Ivana
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ivana Alawi
Filipino Moroccan actress and YouTuber
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ivana Alawi
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ivana in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ivana
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Ivan♂God is gracious; a Slavic form of John
- Ana♀Grace or favour
- Dana♂♀Surname-derived name; also short for Daniel
- Diana♀Name of the Roman goddess, related to divine
- Ivar♂Probably yew or bow and warrior
- Jana♀God is gracious; Czech John-family form
- Juana♀God is gracious
- Kiana♀Hawaiian form of Diana; also a modern Kian-family form
What rhymes with Ivana?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Ivana further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q831245 — Ivana (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ivana Alawi (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q831245 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ivana (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ivana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — John (opens in a new tab)
Older Hebrew grace background of the documented name family.