Ivana

Where Ivana comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ivana
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić born
    Croatian writer
  2. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,691 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1949
    Ivana Trump born
    Czech-American businesswoman
  4. 1990
    Peak, #849
    231 babies named Ivana — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Ivana Trump · Czech-American businesswoman, 1949–2022
  • Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić · Croatian writer, 1874–1938
  • Ivana Miličević · Bosnian actress, born 1974
  • Ivana Baquero · Spanish actress and model, born 1994
  • Ivana Španović · Serbian athletics competitor, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.