Ivana (Cyrillic: Ивана) is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna (Cyrillic: Иванна).
In Croatia, the name Ivana was the most common feminine given name between 1970 and 1999.
Variants Iva and Ivanka (Cyrillic: Иванка) are diminutives derived from Ivana. The name day is celebrated on April 4. In Croatia, the name day is celebrated on December 27. In Slovakia, the name day is celebrated on December 28. In North Macedonia, the name day is celebrated on July 7 – also known as Ivanden.
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People named Ivana
Surname
Milan Ivana (born 1983), Slovak football player
Other uses
Ivanka (horse) (born 1990) racehorse
Ivana Baiul, fictional character in the comic books DV8 and Gen13
Ivana the Invisible, a character in Danger Mouse