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Ivanović (other)
Ivanović ( sr-Cyrl, Ивановић, ), also transliterated as Ivanovich or Ivanovitch) is a South Slavic surname, a patronymic derived from ''Ivan''. It is a Slavic equivalent of Johnson. It is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. It may refer to the following notable people: *Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger (name at birth, née Ivanovic; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tenn ... (born 1987), Serbian tennis player * Andrei Ivanovitch (born 1968), Romanian pianist * Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), Montenegrin chess grandmaster and politician *Božina Ivanović (1931–2002), Montenegrin anthropologist and politician *Branislav Ivanović (born 1984), Serbian footballer *Cristoforo Ivanovich (1620–1689), Venetian music historian, poet, librettist *Đorđe Ivanović (born 1995), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, by custom or official policy, in many countries worldwide, although elsewhere their use has been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames. Examples of such transformations include common English surnames such as Johnson (surname), Johnson (son of John). Origins of terms The usual noun and adjective in English is ''patronymic'', but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside ''patronym''. The first part of the word ''patronym'' comes from Greek language, Greek πατήρ ''patēr'' 'father' (Genitive case, GEN πατρός ''patros'' whence the combining form πατρο- ''patro''-); the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' 'name'. In the form ''patronymic'', this stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |