a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Іѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see John for more.
a male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to Russian Ива́н (Iván) or Czech Ivan · a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván) · a respelling of the Czech male given name Ivan
köken: First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1287. From Russian Ива́н (Iván), Czech Ivan and other Slavic languages; cognate with John.
Etimoloji
From Iivana, from Russian Иван (Ivan), a common male name. Compare German Iwan and English Ivan.