Iwanna
A Ukrainian woman's name built on the Hebrew root for "god is gracious". It stays rare in Poland: only about 140 women carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Iwanna Pronunciation
Iwanna is pronounced ee-VAHN-nah (/iˈvanna/).
What Iwanna means
Where Iwanna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Iwanna descends from the Hebrew Yohanan, a name meaning "God is gracious." It is the feminine of Iwan, the Ukrainian form of John. The same root gave Polish its Jan and English its John.
Yohanan joined a form of the divine name to a verb for granting favor. Greek reshaped it as Ioannes. Slavic speech turned that into Iwan, and Iwanna followed as the woman's name. Ukrainian bearers keep it common today.
The meaning speaks about God. It says nothing about the girl on the register. A teacher reading "Iwanna" from a Polish class list meets a name that has crossed three languages to reach her desk.
For a Polish family with Ukrainian ties, Iwanna marks that line plainly. The short Polish gloss stays close to the Hebrew: bóg jest łaskawy, "God is gracious."
How many people are named Iwanna
1 in 161027 women in Poland is named Iwanna. 140 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2770 among female names.
Iwanna's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Iwanna as a middle name
Iwanna is a first name for 140 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2778th, between Ivetta (8) and Jakubina (8).
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