Ivana is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern

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. It is the feminine form of the name

Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the B ...

, which are both the Slavic

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Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of th ...

and

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. It may also be spelled as Ivanna. In

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, the name Ivana was the most common feminine given name between 1970 and 1999. Variants Iva and Ivanka are diminutives derived from Ivana. The

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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 07 - also known as ''Ivanden''.

People named Ivana

Given name

Ivana

* Ivana (singer) (born 1969), Bulgarian singer * Ivana Abramović (born 1983), Croatian tennis player *

Ivana Alawi Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi (born December 25, 1996), known professionally as Ivana Alawi (), is a Filipino actress, model, and YouTuber. She is also the CEO of her own skincare brand called Ivana Skin. Regarded as one of the bigge ...

(born 1996), Filipino actress and model *

Ivana Bacik Ivana Catherine Bacik () (born 25 May 1968) is an Irish politician who has been the Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland), Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party since 24 March 2022 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South ...

(born 1968), Irish politician *

Ivana Banfić Ivana Banfić (; born 16 November 1969), formerly known as I Bee, is a Croatian dancer and pop singer. She became famous in the 1990s during the period of popularity of dance music in Croatia. Banfić was born in Zagreb. She released her first al ...

(born 1969), Croatian dancer and singer * Ivana Baquero (born 1994), Spanish actress *

Ivana María Bianchi Ivana María Bianchi is an Argentine politician from the Federal Commitment. She was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies (), officially the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, is the lower ...

, Argentine politician *

Ivana Bojdová Ivana Bojdová is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may ...

(born 1985), Slovak football player *

Ivana Brkljačić Ivana Brkljačić (born 25 January 1983 in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany) is a female former hammer thrower from Croatia. Career She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th i ...

(born 1983), Croatian hammer thrower *

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938), also spelled Ivana Berlic-Mazuranic in English, was a Croatian literature, Croatian writer. She has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. Early life She was born ...

(1874–1938), Croatian writer *

Ivana Chubbuck Ivana Chubbuck is an American acting coach and creator of the Chubbuck technique. She heads a drama school in Los Angeles and hosts acting workshops worldwide. Chubbuck originally worked as an actress before becoming an acting coach. Some of her ...

, American acting coach *

Ivana Dežić Ivana Dežić (born 27 July 1994) is a Croatian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a go ...

(born 1994), Croatian handball player *

Ivana Dlhopolčeková Ivana Dlhopolčeková (born 1 June 1986) is a Slovak former ice dancer. She teamed up with partner Hynek Bílek Hynek Bílek (born 25 December 1981 in Olomouc) is a Czech former ice dancer. With partner Lucie Kadlčáková representing the ...

(born 1986), Slovak ice dancer *

Ivana Dojkić Ivana Dojkić (born 24 December 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Famila Basket Schio of the Lega Basket Femminile. She previously played for the New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball A ...

(born 1997), Croatian basketball player *

Ivana Dulić-Marković Ivana Dulić-Marković ( sr-cyrl, Ивана Дулић-Марковић, ; born 13 June 1961) is a Serbian politician. Career Dulić-Marković was the Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management from 2004 to 2006. In June 20 ...

(born 1961), Serbian politician *

Ivana Đerisilo Ivana Đerisilo-Stankovic ( sr-cyrl, Ивана Ђерисило; born 8 August 1983) is a volleyball player from Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms o ...

(born 1983), Serbian volleyball player * Ivana Hong (born 1992), American artistic gymnast * Ivana Hudziecová (born 1985), Czech figure skater * Ivana Isailović (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player * Ivana Janečková (born 1984), Czech cross country skier * Ivana Jirešová (born 1977), Czech actress * Ivana Kapitanović (born 1994), Croatian handball player * Ivana Kekin (born 1984), Croatian politician * Ivana Kindl (born 1978), Croatian singer * Ivana Kiš (born 1979), Croatian composer *

Ivana Kobilca Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) was a Slovenes, Slovene Painting, painter, and is considered the most prominentpainter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and wo ...

(1861–1926), Slovenian painter * Ivana Kubešová (born 1962), Czech middle distance runner * Ivana Kumpoštová, Czech Paralympic swimmer * Ivana Lie (born 1960), Indonesian badminton player * Ivana Lisjak (born 1987), Croatian tennis player *

Ivana Lovrić Ivana Lovrić (born 1 September 1984) is a retired Croatian team handball player. She was played in the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and ...

(born 1984), Croatian handball player * Ivana Loudová (1941–2017), Czech composer * Ivana Luković (born 1992), Serbian volleyball player * Ivana Maksimović (born 1990), Serbian sport shooter * Ivana Maletić (born 1973), Croatian politician * Ivana Matović (born 1983), Serbian basketball player *

Ivana Miličević Ivana Miličević (; born April 26, 1974) is a Croatian-American actress and model based in the United States, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series ''Banshee (TV series), Banshee'' (2013–2016) and The CW science ...

(born 1974), Bosnian-American actress *

Ivana Miloš Ivana Miloš Prokopić (born 7 March 1986 in Rijeka) is a Croatian volleyball player. She is a member of the Croatia women's national volleyball team and played for AGIL Volley, AGIL Novara in 2014. She was part of the Croatian national team at t ...

(born 1986), Croatian volleyball player *

Ivana Mišura Ivana Mišura (born 1989) is a Croatian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Hrvatske 2014. She represented her country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other politica ...

(born 1989), Croatian model and beauty pageant titleholder * Ivana Nešović (born 1988), Serbian volleyball player * Ivana Peters (born 1974), Serbian singer * Ivana Posavec Krivec (born 1975), Croatian politician * Ivana Reitmayerová (born 1992), Slovak figure skater *

Ivana Santilli Ivana Daniela Santilli is a Canadians, Canadian Contemporary R&B, R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist, who has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the 1990s R&B/pop trio Bass is Base. Early life and career Santilli was born to an Ital ...

(born 1975), Canadian singer and musician * Ivana Selakov (born 1978), Serbian singer * Ivana Spagna (born 1954), Italian singer and songwriter * Ivana Tomljenović-Meller (1906–1988), Croatian graphic designer and art teacher *

Ivana Trišić Ivana Trišić (Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was si ...

, Serbian beauty pageant titleholder * Ivana Trump (1949–2022), Czech-American businesswoman, socialite, and model * Ivana Večeřová (born 1979), Czech basketball player * Ivy Jenkins, (born Ivana Jenkins, 1983), Serbian-Canadian bassist * Ivana Vuleta (born 1990), Serbian long-jumper *

Ivana Wong Ivana Wong Yuen-chi (; born 18 June 1979) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her debut in 2005 with the self-titled EP ''Ivana''. She is a four-time winner of the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Singer-songwriter Gold Award ...

(born 1979), Hong Kong singer

Ivanna

* Ivanna Borovychenko (born 1990), Ukrainian racing cyclist * Ivanna S. Pankin (born 1989), American roller derby skater * Ivanna Israilova (born 1986), Uzbekistani-born Russian tennis player * Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze (born 1972), Ukrainian politician * Ivanna Madruga (born 1971), Argentine tennis player * Ivanna Sakhno (born 1997), Ukrainian American actress * Ivanna Vale (born 1992), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder

Ivanka

* Ivanka Bonova (born 1949), Bulgarian sprinter * Ivanka Khristova (1941–2022), Bulgarian shot-putter * Ivanka Koleva (born 1968), Bulgarian Paralympian track and field athlete * Ivanka Matić (born 1979), Serbian basketball player * Ivanka Moralieva (born 1983), Bulgarian swimmer * Ivanka Muerova, Bulgarian sprint canoer * Ivanka Ninova, Bulgarian opera singer * Ivanka Petrova (1951–2007), Bulgarian shot-putter * Ivanka Raspopović (1930–2015), Serbian architect *

Ivanka Trump Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana. Trump was a senior advisor in her father's first admi ...

(born Ivana Trump, 1981), American businesswoman * Ivanka Valkova (born 1949), Bulgarian sprinter * Ivanka Vancheva (1953–2020), Bulgarian javelin thrower * Ivanka Venkova (born 1952), Bulgarian sprinter

Iva

Surname

* Milan Ivana (born 1983), Slovak football player * Mária Ivánka (born 1950), Hungarian chess player

Other uses

Ivanka (horse) Ivanka (foaled 5 March 1990) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 1992 she won two of her five races, taking a minor stakes race on her debut and winning the Group races, Group One Fillies' Mile in Septem ...

(born 1990) racehorse * Ivana Baiul, fictional character in the comic books ''DV8'' and ''Gen¹³'' * Ivana the Invisible, a character in Danger Mouse

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