Ivana
The feminine form of Ivan, the name Slavs gave to the biblical John, from a Hebrew root meaning "god is gracious." In Poland it stays rare: most Poles have never met one, and it's given only a handful of times a decade.
Ivana Pronunciation
What Ivana means
Where Ivana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ivana is the feminine form of Ivan, the name Slavs gave to the biblical John. Trace it back and you reach the Hebrew Yohanan, meaning god is gracious. That sense is no late gloss. It sits in the name from the start.
Across the South and West Slavic world, Ivana became one of the common girls' names of the twentieth century, familiar in Czech, Croatian and Slovak. In a Polish school register it reads as a near neighbour to the boys' Iwan, close kin dressed for a daughter.
The grace named here is not the graceful kind. It is the older sense, god showing favour, the same idea folded into Jan and Janina. To carry Ivana is to carry that small statement about mercy. The short meaning stays plain: god is gracious, bóg jest łaskawy.
How many people are named Ivana
1 in 90175 women in Poland is named Ivana. 250 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1942 among female names.
Ivana's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Ivana as a middle name
Ivana is a first name for 250 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1572nd, between Florentina (21) and Izabel (21).
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#1570 Felicity21
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#1571 Florentina21
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#1572 Ivana21
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#1573 Izabel21
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#1574 Jeannine21