"Ivan" meaning in English

See Ivan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈaɪ.vən/, /ɪˈvɑːn/, /ˈivɑːn/ Audio: En-au-Ivan.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪvən Etymology: From Russian Ива́н (Iván), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages. Doublet of John and its relatives Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean, etc. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|Ива́н}} Russian Ива́н (Iván), {{der|en|sla}} Slavic, {{doublet|en|John}} Doublet of John, {{doublet|en|Evan|Giovanni|Ian|Johann|Sean|notext=1}} Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ivan
  1. A male given name from Russian of English speakers. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Categories (place): Russia
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-4IcUXv-5 Disambiguation of Russia: 17 15 15 9 9 9 9 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 17 0 12 1 17 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 17 17 0 5 2 8 19
  2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván). Categories (topical): English renderings of Russian male given names Categories (place): Russia
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-q4ZXpIF5 Disambiguation of Russia: 17 15 15 9 9 9 9 18
  3. A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Иван (Ivan). Categories (topical): English renderings of Macedonian male given names Categories (place): Russia Synonyms: Vanya (english: a Russian) [slang] Derived forms: Ivan Ivanovich, Ivan Ivanovitch, Ivan the Terrible Related terms: Evan, Ian, Ivanović, Ivanovich, Ivanovitch, Ivanovna, Sean
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-Wjx3Lu2K Disambiguation of Russia: 17 15 15 9 9 9 9 18
  4. (slang) A Russian. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-1YyPq6z9
  5. (slang) Russians (collectively, personified). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-yVHyKwIJ
  6. (slang, archaic) A Soviet. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-4DOCim6a
  7. (slang, archaic) Soviets (collectively, personified). Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-GUjoy3a-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (male given name): إِيفَان (ʔifān) [masculine] (Arabic), Իվան (english: Ivan) (Armenian), Іва́н (Iván) [masculine] (Belarusian), Ива́н (Iván) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 伊凡 (ji¹ faan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 艾雲 (Chinese Cantonese), 艾云 (aai³ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 伊万 (Yīwàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Иоаннъ (Ioannŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), Йӑван (Jăvan) (Chuvash), Ivan [masculine] (Czech), Ivan (Danish), Ivano (Esperanto), Iivana (Finnish), Ivan [masculine] (French), ივან (ivan) (Georgian), Iwan [masculine] (German), Ivan [masculine] (German), Ιβάν (Iván) [masculine] (Greek), इवान (ivān) [masculine] (Hindi), Iván [masculine] (Hungarian), Ivano [masculine] (Italian), イワン (Iwan) (Japanese), イヴァン (english: Ivan) (Japanese), 이반 (Iban) (Korean), Ivans [masculine] (Latvian), Ivãnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Иван (english: Ivan) [masculine] (Macedonian), Ivan (Norwegian), ایوان (ivân) (Persian), Iwan [masculine] (Polish), Ivan [masculine] (Portuguese), Ivã [masculine] (Portuguese), Ioan [masculine] (Romanian), Ivan [masculine] (Romanian), Ива́н (Iván) [masculine] (Russian), Иоа́нн (Ioánn) (english: ancient) [masculine] (Russian), Ѝван [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ìvan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ívan [masculine] (Slovene), Iván [masculine] (Spanish), Ivan [masculine] (Swedish), Іва́н (Iván) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Уйбаан (Uybaan) (Yakut)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 37 31 30 0 0 1 0

Proper name

Etymology: Rare variant of Evan, from Welsh Ifan, the Welsh equivalent of John. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Evan}} Evan, {{der|en|cy|Ifan}} Welsh Ifan Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ivan
  1. A male given name from Welsh of Welsh origin. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Categories (place): Russia
    Sense id: en-Ivan-en-name-CcW59k-u Disambiguation of Russia: 17 15 15 9 9 9 9 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "ipa": "/ˈivɑːn/"
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      "word": "Ива́н"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ji¹ faan⁴",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "伊凡"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "艾雲"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "aai³ wan⁴",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "艾云"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      "word": "ივან"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Iban",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "이반"
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      "word": "Ivãnas"
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      "code": "cu",
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "word": "Iwan"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
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      "word": "Ioan"
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    {
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      "english": "ancient",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ioánn",
      "sense": "male given name",
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      "word": "Иоа́нн"
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      "_dis1": "37 31 30 0 0 1 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "이반"
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      "roman": "Ioannŭ",
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      "sense": "male given name",
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      "code": "sv",
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    },
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