Ivanko is a Slavic given name and a surname, a diminutive from the given 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 ...

, a Slavic variant of the name "John". It may be a transliteration from Иванко or Иванько. Notable people with the name include:

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Ivanko (boyar) Ivanko (, ), also referred to by some scholars as Ivanko-Alexius, was a Vlach boyar who killed his cousin Ivan Asen I, the ruler of the renascent Second Bulgarian Empire, in 1196. He was a leader of local Vlachs and Bulgarian Slavs. Life It is ...

, boyar, killer of Tsar Ivan Asen I and rebel * Ivanko (despot), ruler of the Despotate of Dobruja from 1385 to 1389, and again from 1393 to 1399 * Ivanko Farolfi (1892–1945), lawyer and Croatian and Yugoslavian politician

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* Sophia Ivanko, a contestant from Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 * Vitaliy Ivanko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer

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* Ivanko, from "Ivanko, the Bear's Son", English translation of a Russian adaptation of the French tale ''

Jean de l'Ours Jean de l'Ours () or John the Bear, John of the Bear, John-of-the-Bear, John Bear, is the leading character in the French folktale ''Jean de l'Ours'' classed as Type 301B in the Aarne–Thompson system; it can also denote any tale of this type. ...

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* ''Ivanko'' (album), 2020 album by Anna Lesko; see Anna Lesko discography * "''Ivanko, the Killer of Asen I''" (aka ''Ivanko''; ), 1872 play by

Kliment of Tarnovo Kliment of Tarnovo (born Vasil Nikolov Drumev, ; c. 1841 – 10 July 1901, known by his title as Metropolitan Kliment of Turnovo), was a leading Bulgarian clergyman and politician. He was also a writer and one of the founders of the Bulga ...

*, Russian comedy TV series

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