Newer form of the old Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannu), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see John). This was the name of six Russian rulers, including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), who wrote Fathers and Sons , and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who is best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.
Origins | Serbian, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Estonian, Ukrainian |
Pronounced | i-VAN(Russian) |
Gender | Masculine |
Traits | natural, youthful, complex, strong, refined, comedic, classic, formal, upper class, strange, nerdy, wholesome |
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