Makna
"God is gracious", "Gift of God"
Russian form of John, grace
"God is gracious" or "Gift from God"
Czech cognate of John (God is gracious). Pet: Ivanek, Vana, Vanuska. (EE-VAHN)
Popular name derived from the Slavonic element zhiv (living, vigorous, alive). Pet: Zivanek, Zivek, Zivko. (ZHEE-VAHN)
Polish cognate of John (God is gracious), which is derived from the Middle Latin Johannes, an evolution of the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes. Joannes is from the Greek loannes, a derivative of the Hebrew yohanan, a contraction of yehohanan (Yahweh is gracious). Var: Evan, Iwan. (EE-VAHN)
Borrowed from the Russian, Ivan is a cognate of John (God is gracious), which is from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes and the Ecclesiastic Greek Ioannes, derivatives of the Hebrew yohanan, a contraction of yehohanan, (Yahweh is gracious). (EE-VAHN)
A popular name, Ivan is the Russian cognate of John (God is gracious), which is from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes and the Ecclesiastic Greek Joannes, derivatives of the Hebrew yohanan, a contraction of yehohanan (Yahweh is gracious). Var: Ioann. Pet: Vanya. (EE-VAHN)
(Russian) forms of John. See also Vanya.
God is gracious
(Russian) believer in a gracious God; reliable one
