Ivanka

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Иванка in BG Bulgaria, MK North Macedonia, RU Russia and Іванка in UA Ukraine, KG Kyrgyzstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ivanka is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name329 records spelled Ivanka2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Serbia, United Kingdom

  Also written Ivánka

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ivanka is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, dim of Ioann.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 28 years between 1996–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ivanka Mežanb. 1926SIactor
• Ivanka Devátáb. 1935CZCzech actress
• Ivanka Khristovab. 1941BGBulgarian shot putter (1941–2022)
• Ivanka Vanchevab. 1953BGBulgarian javelin thrower
• Ivanka Brađaševićb. 1955HRCroatian poet, writer and librarian (born 1955)
• Ivanka Gergovab. 1955BGBulgarian art historian
• Ivanka Matićb. 1979RSSerbian basketball player (born 1979)
• Ivanka Trumpb. 1981USAmerican businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
• Ivanka Brekalob. 1981DEGerman actress
• Ivanka ApostolovaMKMacedonian performing arts professional

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 357 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ivanka?

We estimate roughly 89 thousand people bear Ivanka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Ivanka have the most bearers?

We estimate about 57 thousand people bear Ivanka in Bulgaria, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled иванка.

Where is Ivanka most common?

Ivanka is densest in Bulgaria, where the national register counts about 1 in 122 people carrying it.

How common is Ivanka compared with other names?

In Bulgaria, Ivanka is the 9th most common given name of 20,382 given names recorded there.

Is Ivanka a male or female name?

Ivanka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ivanka mean?

Recorded meaning: From Czech Ivanka, from Ivana + -ka, q.v. Doublet of Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.