Ivania Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Ivania

Pronunciation: ee-VAH-nee-uh

Meaning God is gracious Gender Girl
GIRLS RANK
#6,413
TREND
1,703

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Ivania in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Ivania

  • 656 babies named Ivania: U.S. records list 656 babies given the name Ivania from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Ivania Mean?

Ivania is a feminine name usually understood as a variant of Ivana, the feminine form of Ivan. Through that family it goes back to Greek Ioannes and Hebrew Yochanan, commonly interpreted as "God is gracious" or more literally "Yahweh is gracious." The ending -ia gives the name a Latinate feminine shape; it does not alter the inherited meaning.

Ivania Name History & Origins

Ivan is the Slavic form of Greek Ioannes, the name that also produced English John. Ivana is its feminine counterpart, used in Czech, Slovak, South Slavic, and other Slavic-speaking areas. Ivania is a later feminine variant formed with the ending -ia. The name also appears in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, where the masculine form is Iván or Ivan. Its history belongs to the Ivan-Ivana family rather than to an independent English development.

How Popular is the Name Ivania?

Ivania has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2005. Its best rank was #4,901 in 1994.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Ivania Shapes Your Personality and Life?

Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.

You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.

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