Ivana
Ivana is a girl name of Serbian origin, meaning God is gracious.
What Ivana means
God is gracious.
Ivana sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ivana comes from
Serbian names come from the Slavic tradition, often built on roots meaning peace, glory, or love, and frequently ending in the familiar Slavic suffixes.
Ivana is recorded as Serbian in origin. Browse other Serbian names.
How popular is Ivana?
Ivana sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ivana
Two ideas meet in Ivana: faith and scripture. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Ivana
These share Ivana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Jovana — God is gracious.
- Lazar — God has helped.
- Eilish — Pledged to God.
- Elizabeth — Pledged to God; God is my oath.
- Elliana — God has answered me.
- Joanna — God is gracious.
- Michal — Who is like God?
- Ruth — Compassionate friend; companion.
- Isaiah — God is salvation.
- Abraham — Father of multitudes.
- Abram — Exalted father.
- Barnaby — Son of consolation.