origin of name ivan
Origin of the name Ivan: A Russian name, Ivan is a cognate of John (God is gracious), which is from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes and the Ecclesiastic Greek IÅannes, derivatives of the Hebrew yÅhÄnÄn, a contraction of yehÅhÄnÄn, (Yahweh is gracious). From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.icknames for Ivan: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Ivan : | Edit. Share what you know! Famous real-life people named Ivan: | Edit. Throughout history, numerous Bulgarian and Russian Tsars were named Ivan, including Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible.