Ivana

See also: ivana

English

Etymology

From various Slavic languages, such as Russian Ивана (Ivana).

Doublet of Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

Proper noun

Ivana

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Ivanka, Vanna

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪvana]

Proper noun

Ivana f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Ivan

Declension

Declension of Ivana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ivana	Ivany
genitive	Ivany	Ivan
dative	Ivaně	Ivanám
accusative	Ivanu	Ivany
vocative	Ivano	Ivany
locative	Ivaně	Ivanách
instrumental	Ivanou	Ivanami

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Иван (Ivan).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈiʋɑnɑ/, [ˈiʋɑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈiʋɑːnɑ/, [ˈiʋˑɑːnɑ]
• Rhymes: -iʋɑn, -iʋɑːnɑ
• Hyphenation: I‧va‧na

Proper noun

Ivana

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Declension

Declension of Ivana (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Ivana	Ivanat
genitive	Ivanan	Ivanoin
partitive	Ivanaa	Ivanoja
illative	Ivanaa	Ivanoihe
inessive	Ivanaas	Ivanois
elative	Ivanast	Ivanoist
allative	Ivanalle	Ivanoille
adessive	Ivanaal	Ivanoil
ablative	Ivanalt	Ivanoilt
translative	Ivanaks	Ivanoiks
essive	Ivananna, Ivanaan	Ivanoinna, Ivanoin
exessive1)	Ivanant	Ivanoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• Ivo

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 98

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ivan +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐʋana/
• Hyphenation: I‧va‧na

Proper noun

Ìvana f (Cyrillic spelling Ѝвана)

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Ivan

References

• “Ivana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈivana/

Proper noun

Ivana f (genitive singular Ivany, nominative plural Ivany, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Ivan

Declension

Declension of Ivana

	singular	plural
nominative	Ivana	Ivany
genitive	Ivany	Iván
dative	Ivane	Ivanám
accusative	Ivanu	Ivany
locative	Ivane	Ivanách
instrumental	Ivanou	Ivanami

Derived terms

• Ivanka
• Iva, Ivka
• Ivča
• Ivuľa
• Ivuša

Further reading

• “Ivana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024