Baby name
Ivan
/ee · VAHN/
Meaning
“Gift of God with Slavic gravitas”
Russian form of John from Hebrew 'Yochanan' meaning gift of God with Slavic gravitas.
How it ages.
Soviet-era association fading; now cosmopolitan choice popular in Latin America and US multicultural communities.
The cultural moment.
Russia stable baseline; US and Brazil show growth 2000-2025; UK and Germany minimal uptake.