Iva (given name)
Iva is a given name.
Feminine name
Iva is a feminine given name found mostly in Slavic countries (Cyrillic : Ива ), but also occasionally in English-speaking countries and elsewhere. The name Iva comes from the Old Slavic name Ivana, which is the feminine form of the name Ivan. The root of the name Ivan is in the Hebrew name Yochanan, which means God is merciful or God's grace.[ 1] [ 2]
Notable people with the name include:
Iva Marín Adrichem (1998), Dutch-Icelandic singerIva Bigelow Weaver (1875-1932), American soprano singer, music educatorIva Bittová (born 1958), Czech avant-garde violinist, singer and composerIva Borović (born 1988), Croatian basketball playerIva Budařová (born 1960), Czech tennis playerIva Bukač (born 1994), Croatian football playerIva Campbell Fallis (1883–1956), Canadian senatorIva Casuse Honwynum (born 1964), Native American artist, social activist, and cultural practitionerIva Ciglar (born 1985), Croatian basketball playerIva Despić-Simonović (1891–1961), Yugoslav sculptorIva Durham Vennard (1871–1945), American educator and religious figureIva Frühlingová (born 1982), Czech singer and modelIva Grbas (born 1987), Croatian basketball playerIva Grijalva Pashova (born c. 1986), Bulgarian-Nicaraguan beauty pageant contestant and modelIva Hercíková (1935 - 2007), Czech authorIva Janžurová (born 1941), Czech actressIva Jovic (born 2007), American tennis playerIva Jurišić (born 1994), Croatian volleyball playerIva Kitchell (1908–1983), American concert dancer, dance satirist and comedianIva Landeka (born 1989), Croatian football playerIva Majoli (born 1977), Croatian tennis playerIva Mihanović (born 1978), German-Croatian operatic soprano and concert singerIva Mabelle Miller (1880–1951), American physician, medical missionaryIva Mišak (born 1993), Croatian alpine skierIva Miteva (born 1972), Bulgarian lawyer and politicianIva Mladenovska (born 2007), Macedonian handball playerIva Obradović (born 1984), Serbian rowerIva Pacetti (1898–1981), Italian operatic dramatic sopranoIva Pekárková (born 1963), Czech authorIva Perovanović (born 1983), Montenegrin basketball playerIva Prandzheva (born 1972), Bulgarian athlete jumperIva Prčić (born 1987), Serbian basketball playerIva J. Rider , the English name of Atalie Unkalunt (1895–1954), a Cherokee singer, interior designer, activist, and writerIva Ritschelová (1964–2017), Czech economistIva Radoš (born 1995), Croatian taekwondo practitionerIva Roglić (born 1988), Serbian basketball playerIva Serdar (born 1982), Croatian basketball playerIva Shepard (1886–1973), American silent film actressIva Shkodreva-Karagiozova (born 1971), Bulgarian biathleteIva Sidash (born 1995), Ukrainian photographerIva Slišković (born 1984), Croatian basketball playerIva Slonjšak (born 1997), Croatian basketball playerIva Snyder , fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns Iva Stewart (1914–1985), American model and film actressIva Tepeshanova (born 1983), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastIva Todorić (born 1993), Croatian basketball playerIva Toguri (1916–2006), Japanese-American disc jockey and radio personalityIva Tolić (born 1974), Croatian biophysicistIva Videnova (born 1987), Bulgarian chess playerIva Withers (1917–2014), Canadian-born American actress and singerIva Yeo (born 1939), Canadian politicianIva Zanicchi (born 1940), Italian pop singer and politician
Masculine name
Iva is also a masculine name, found in Australia and New Zealand, as well as in Georgia. Notable people with the name include:
See also
References
^ "Predivna imena za djecu koja znače čudo" . www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-12-25 .^ Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 29.
