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IVAN
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Other Scripts: Иван (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian), Іван (Ukrainian)
Pronounced: ee-VAHN (Russian), IE-vən (English) [key]
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Newer form of the old Slavic name Ioan, which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN). This was the name of six Russian rulers, including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), who wrote 'Fathers and Sons', and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who is best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex. |
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