Alternative form of iwan
"The old manuscript uses "ivan" as an alternative spelling for "iwan" to describe a vaulted hall in a palace."
A male given name from Russian of English speakers.
"The local church records show that Ivan, a rare Welsh variant of the name John, was baptized in 1892."
A male given name from Welsh of Welsh origin.
The name Ivan comes directly from the Russian word Iván and is a doublet of English names like John and Evan that share the same origin across various Slavic languages. It entered English usage as a distinct form related to these other variations rather than being derived through an intermediate language step.