Ivana ( sr, Ивана) 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 languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...

, which are both the Slavic

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s of the names

Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in ...

and

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

. 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 Iva or IVA may refer to: Organizations * Independent Voters Association, a North Dakota U.S. political organization * Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi, a Danish university * Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, (Swedish: ''Kungliga Ing ...

and Ivanka 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 Macedonia, the name day is celebrated on July 07 - also known as ''Ivanden''.

People named Ivana

Given name

Ivana

Ivana (singer) Vanya Todorova Kaludova ( bg, Ваня Тодорова Калудова; born 31 January 1969), known professionally as Ivana (), is a popular Bulgarian singer. She is one of the most prolific performers in the pop-folk music genre in Bulgaria ...

(born 1969), Bulgarian pop-folk singer *

Ivana Abramović Ivana Abramović (; born 3 September 1983) is a retired Croatian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 143 in singles, achieved on 12 January 2004, and 141 in doubles, set on 29 January 2007. Her younger sister Maria Abramović also p ...

(born 1983), Croatian professional tennis player *

Ivana Alawi Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi (born 25 December 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 biggest s ...

(born 1996) Filipina actress, model, YouTuber and singer *

Ivana Bacik Ivana Catherine Bacik (born 25 May 1968) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been Leader of the Labour Party since 24 March 2022 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency since winning a by-election on 9 July 2 ...

(born 1968), Czech-Irish politician *

Ivana Banfić Ivana Banfić (); born 16 November 1969) is a Croatian dancer and pop singer. She became famous under the stage name I BEE in the 1990s during the period of popularity of dance music in Croatia. Banfić was born in Zagreb. She released her first ...

(born 1969), Croatian dancer and pop singer *

Ivana Baquero Ivana Baquero Macías (born 11 June 1994) is a Spanish actress. At the age of 11, she was chosen to star as Ofelia in ''Pan's Labyrinth'', for which she won critical acclaim and the Goya Award for Best New Actress. In 2015, she was cast as Ere ...

(born 1994), Spanish actress *

Ivana Bojdová Ivana Bojdová is a Slovak midfielder currently playing for Unia Racibórz in the Polish Ekstraliga. She previously played for Slovan Duslo Šaľa in the Slovak First League. She has played the Champions League with both teams. She is a mem ...

(born 1985), Slovak female footballer *

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

(born 1983), Croatian hammer thrower *

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938) was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. Early life She was born on 18 April 1874 i ...

(1874–1938), Croatian writer *

Ivana Dežić Ivana Dežić (born 27 July 1994) is a Croatian handball player for ESBF Besançon and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in ...

(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 around 2003. They won senior international medals at the 2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb, Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and Pavel Roman Memoria ...

(born 1986), Slovak ice dancer *

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 Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), i ...

(born 1983), Serbian volleyball player *

Ivana Hong Ivana Hong (born December 11, 1992 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the all-around bronze medalist at the ...

(born 1992), American gymnast *

Ivana Hudziecová Ivana ( sr, 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 c ...

(born 1985), Czech figure skater *

Ivana Isailović Ivana Isailović ( sr, Ивана Исаиловић; born January 1, 1986 in Šabac, SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at th ...

(born 1986), Serbian volleyball player *

Ivana Janečková Ivana Janečková (born March 8, 1984, in Rychnov nad Kněžnou) is a Czech cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2012. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Sapporo in 200 ...

(born 1984), Czech cross country skier *

Ivana Jirešová Ivana Jirešová is a Czech television, film and stage actress. She was born 15 July 1977 in Písek, Czechoslovakia. She studied at the State Conservatory in Prague, in the department of Acting. She is in the employment of the , Liberec. She also ...

(born 1977), Czech actress *

Ivana Kapitanović Ivana Kapitanović (born 17 September 1994) is a Croatian handballer for CS Rapid București (handball), Rapid București and the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handba ...

(born 1994), Croatian handball player *

Ivana Kindl Ivana Kindl (born 18 January 1978) is a Croatian singer. Career In 2010, she was awarded the Porin for best album in the spiritual music category. The same year she won the best female singer award from the editors of Croatian Radio stations. In ...

(born 1978), Croatian singer *

Ivana Kiš Ivana Kiš (born 2 March 1979 in Zagreb) is a Croatian composer of classical music, electronic music and music theatre. Kiš finished her bachelor composition studies with (2002), and her master studies in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with ...

(born 1979), Croatian composer *

Ivana Kobilca Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) is the most prominent Slovenes, Slovene female Painting, painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich ...

(1861–1926), Slovenian realist painter * Ivana Kubešová (born 1962), Czech athlete *

Ivana Lie Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (; born March 7, 1960) is an Indonesian former badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Early life She was born in Bandung, Indonesia on 7 March 1960. She came from a poor family; ...

(b. 1960), Indonesian badminton player *

Ivana Lisjak Ivana Lisjak (Croatian pronunciation: �ʋana lǐsjaːk born March 17, 1987) is a former tennis player from Croatia. She turned professional at the age of 14, peaked at No. 95 on the WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the ...

(born 1987), Croatian professional 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 Ivana Maksimović Anđušić ( sr-cyr, Ивана Максимовић Анђушић ; born 2 May 1990) is a Serbian sport shooter. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, most notably winning a silver at the Women's 50 metre rif ...

(born 1990), Serbian sport shooter * Ivana Maletić (born 1973), Croatian politician *

Ivana Matović Ivana Matović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Матовић, born 11 September 1983) is a former Serbian female basketball player. She is 197 cm and plays center position. She also played for Vojvodina, Usk Blex, MKB Euroleasing Sopron, WB ...

(born 1983), Serbian basketball player *

Ivana Miličević Ivana Miličević (; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian Croat-American actress and model. She is best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action drama series ''Banshee'' (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series ''The 100'' (20 ...

(born 1974), American actress * Ivana Miloš (born 1986), Croatian volleyball player *

Ivana Mišura Ivana Mišura (born 1989) is a Croatian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Croatia, Miss Universe Hrvatske 2014. She represented her Croatia, country in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant. Early life Ivana Mišura wor ...

(born 1989), Croatian model * Ivana Nešović (born 1988), Serbian volleyball player *

Ivana Peters Ivana Pavlović ( sr-cyr, Ивана Павловић; born August 22, 1974), better known as Ivana Peters ( sr-cyr, Ивана Петерс) or Ivana Negativ ( sr-cyr, Ивана Негатив), is a Serbian singer-songwriter. Initially recogni ...

(born 1974), Serbian singer *

Ivana Reitmayerová Ivana Reitmayerová (born 4 May 1992) is a Slovak former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, 2008 Triglav Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time (2009, 2010) Slovak national champion. She competed at the ...

(born 1992), Slovak figure skater *

Ivana Santilli Ivana Daniela Santilli is a Canadian 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 Italian father and a French-Cana ...

, Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist *

Ivana Selakov Ivana Selakov ( sr-cyr, Ивана Селаков, ; born 8 November 1978) is a Serbian singer. She was a member of the girlband Beauty Queens, which was formed by gathering backing vocalists of Marija Šerifović after victory in the Eurovisio ...

(born 1978), Serbian singer *

Ivana Spagna Ivana Spagna (born 16 December 1954), also known simply as Spagna (), is an Italian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her worldwide hit song " Call Me" released in 1987. Career Spagna started her career singing in English and in the ...

(born 1954), Italian singer and songwriter *

Ivana Španović Ivana Vuleta (; sr-cyr, Ивана Вулета, , ; born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, two-time World indoor champion, three times European indoor champion and reigning European champion. In 2013, Vuleta became the first Serbian tr ...

(born 1990), Serbian long-jumper *

Ivana Tipton London Leah Tipton is a fictional character in Disney Channel's ''Suite Life'' franchise, which consists of ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', its spinoff, ''The Suite Life on Deck'', and the made-for-TV '' Suite Life Movie''. London has also ap ...

, London Tipton's Dog *

Ivana Tomljenović-Meller Ivana Tomljenović-Meller (1906 – 1988), born Ivana Tomljenović, was a graphic designer and art teacher from Zagreb who attended the Bauhaus art school in Germany.

(1906–1988), Croatian graphic designer, photographer and art teacher. *

Ivana Trump Ivana Marie Trump (, ; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, author, and model. Ivana lived in Canada in the 1970s before relocating to the United States and ...

(1949–2022), Czech-American socialite, fashion model, and athlete *

Ivanka Trump Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman and the first daughter of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. She was a senior advisor in his administration, and also was the ...

, (born 1981 as Ivana Trump), American businesswoman, fashion designer, author, and reality television personality. Daughter of Ivana and Donald Trump. *

Ivana Večeřová Ivana Večeřová (born 30 March 1979 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional female basketball player. She is a center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (a ...

(born 1979), Czech basketball player *

Ivana Wong Ivana Wong Yuen Chi (Chinese: 王菀之; born 18 June 1980) is a Hong Kong female singer-songwriter who entered the music industry in 2005. In subsequent years, she swept the board of creative singer awards as well as songwriting awards. She w ...

(born 1979), Hong Kong cantopop singer

Ivanna

Ivanna Borovychenko Ivanna Borovychenko (born 7 July 1990) is a Ukrainian racing cyclist. She competed in the 2012 UCI women's road race in Valkenburg aan de Geul and in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Cen ...

(born 1990) Ukrainian cyclist *

Ivanna S. Pankin Denise Grimes (born 1969Mercy Less,Interviews: BotB II team captains Ivanna S. Pankin and Krissy Krash", ''Derby News Network'', 2 July 2009), known as Ivanna S. Pankin, is a roller derby skater and organizer. Grimes grew up in Phoenix, Arizona.B ...

(born 1989) U.S. roller derby skater * Ivanna Israilova (born 1986) Russian-Uzbek tennis player *

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze ( uk, Іванна Климпуш-Цинцадзе; born 5 July 1972) is a Ukrainian politician and journalist, and former Vice-Prime-Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine. Early life Ivan ...

(born 1972) Ukrainian politician *

Ivanna Madruga Ivanna Madruga (born 27 January 1961) is a retired tennis player from Argentina who played professionally in the 1980s. She also is known under the married name Ivanna Madruga-Osses. Career In 1980, with compatriot Adriana Villagrán, she reached ...

(born 1971) Argentine tennis player *

Ivanna Sakhno Ivanna Anatoliyivna Sakhno ( uk, Іванна Анатоліївна Сахно; born 14 November 1997) is a Ukrainian and American actress. She is known for her roles as Cadet Viktoriya in the science fiction monster film ''Pacific Rim Uprising ...

(born 1997) Ukrainian actress *

Ivanna Vale Ivanna Vale is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. She represented Táchira state at Miss Venezuela 2012 and won the Miss Coffee International or the Reinado Internacional del Café 2013 in Manizales (Colombia) on 12 January 201 ...

(born 1992) Venezuelan model

Ivanka

Ivanka Bonova Ivanka Bonova ( bg, Иванка Бонова, born 4 April 1949) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner who specialized in the women's 400 and 800 metres. She was born in Raduil, and represented the clubs Balkan and Levski-S ...

(born 1949) Bulgarian sprinter *

Ivanka Khristova Ivanka Marinova Hristova ( bg, Иванка Маринова Христова; 19 November 1941 – 24 February 2022) was a Bulgarian shot putter. She won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The In ...

(born 1941) Bulgarian shot-putter *

Ivanka Koleva Ivanka Koleva ( bg, Иванка Колева) (born 9 December 1968) is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events in the T57 classification. Koleva has represented Bulgaria at four Summer Paralympi ...

(born 1968) Bulgarian Paralympian * Ivanka Matić (born 1979) Serbian basketball player *

Ivanka Moralieva Ivanka Moralieva ( bg, Иванка Моралиева; born 15 October 1983) is a Bulgarian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon. Since 2001, she holds a Bulgarian record in the 1500 m freesty ...

(born 1983) Bulgarian swimmer *

Ivanka Muerova Ivanka Muerоva ( bg, Иванка Муерова) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg Duisburg () is a ...

, Bulgarian sprint canoer *

Ivanka Ninova Ivanka Ninova ( bg, Иванка Нинова) is a Bulgarian mezzo-soprano opera singer born in Vidin. Education She began her musical education at a music school and later at the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy of Music in Sofia. Career ...

, Bulgarian opera singer *

Ivanka Petrova Ivanka Petrova-Stoycheva ( bg, Иванка Петрова-Стойчева; February 3, 1951 in Pernik – February 18, 2007) is a retired track and field shot putter from Bulgaria, best known for competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, ...

(born 1951) Bulgarian shot-putter * Ivanka Raspopović (born 1930), Serbian architect * Ivana "Ivanka" Trump (born 1981), daughter of Donald Trump *

Ivanka Valkova Ivanka Valkova (born 28 October 1949) is a Bulgarian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich ...

(born 1949) Bulgarian sprinter *

Ivanka Vancheva Ivanka Vancheva ( bg, Иванка Ванчева; 31 October 1953 – 5 August 2020) was a javelin thrower from Bulgaria, who set her personal best in 1980, throwing 65.38 metres. She competed for her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1953) Bulgarian javelin thrower *

Ivanka Venkova Ivanka Venkova (born 3 November 1952) is a Bulgarian sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly know ...

(born 1952) Bulgarian sprinter

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Milan Ivana Milan Ivana (born 26 November 1983) is a Slovak former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger or forward (association football), forward. Honours Slovakia U19 * UEFA European Under-19 ...

, Slovak footballer *

Mária Ivánka Mária Ivánka (born 23 February 1950), also known as Mária Ivánka-Budinsky, is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Ivánka was born in Budapest and played chess at ten years old for the first time an ...

(born 1950), Hungarian chess player

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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 One Fillies' Mile in September. She also ...

(born 1990) racehorse *

Ivana Baiul Ivana ( sr, 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 c ...

, fictional character in the comic books ''DV8'' and ''Gen¹³''

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