Ivanna
A Ukrainian form of a name with Hebrew roots, meaning "God is gracious". Meeting one in Poland stays with you: about 11,000 women carry it, and it's handed on less often now than the average name.
Ivanna Pronunciation
What Ivanna means
Where Ivanna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ivanna is the Ukrainian feminine form of Ivan, and behind Ivan stands the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning "God is gracious." The name moved from Hebrew into Greek as Ioannes, then eastward into the Slavic lands, where Ivan became one of the most common men's names in Ukraine. Ivanna is its answer in the feminine.
The meaning has stayed close to the source. Where many names drift toward a prettier gloss over the centuries, Ivanna holds its plain sense: bóg jest łaskawy, God is gracious. That grace is the theological claim inside the Hebrew root, and it survived the long passage through Greek liturgy and Orthodox Ukraine to reach a Polish page.
In a Polish class register today, Ivanna usually points to a family with Ukrainian roots.
The name keeps no diminutive tradition of its own in Polish. It is written and spoken as given. Its short meaning is God is gracious.
How many people are named Ivanna
1 in 2034 women in Poland is named Ivanna. 11,089 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #352 among female names.
Ivanna's popularity over time
7 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #807 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2019. Still the #352 name among living women, even as it slips to #807 among newborns.
Where Ivanna is most popular
Ivanna is most popular in Lubusz, 235% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+182%) and Lower Silesian (+112%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Silesian, both 27% below average.
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Lubusz2 girls born+235%
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Pomeranian5 girls born+182%
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Lower Silesian4 girls born+112%
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Masovian7 girls born+64%
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Greater Poland4 girls born+54%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born−27%
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Silesian2 girls born−27%
Ivanna as a middle name
Ivanna is a first name for 11,089 women in Poland and a middle name for another 39, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1110th, between Hélène (39) and Kayla (39).
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#1108 Hilaria39
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#1109 Hélène39
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#1110 Ivanna39
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#1111 Kayla39
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#1112 Lawinia39