Iwan

given name · Indonesian · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Iwan is a given name, most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is the 69th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Polish spelling of the personal name Ivan, East Slavic form of Jan (see John).

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia1 in 988◐
  • MYMalaysia1 in 14K
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈5.1K ●

across 11 countries

Sources
209 ●

17K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 6.0K ◐

Netherlands

Meaning & origin●

Polish spelling of the personal name Ivan, East Slavic form of Jan (see John).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Iwan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#6991,95011K rec.—listedIwan209
MY Malaysia—4,6802.8K rec.——Iwan34
NL Netherlands—2,869△241 rec.1 in 6K2.9KIwan47
FR France—800—1 in 85K800——
PL Poland—783—1 in 49K2.2K——
RU Russia—69139 rec.——Iwan24
SG Singapore—369247 rec.——Iwan32
TM Turkmenistan—354363 rec.——Iwan3
PH Philippines—268215 rec.——Iwan8
US United States—2671.6K rec.1 in 1.2M427Iwan93
SE Sweden—252△4 rec.1 in 40K252—6
GB United Kingdom—190121 rec.—listedIwan38

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Indonesian99K70%
  • English11K8%
  • French5.2K4%
  • Western Frisian4.9K3%
  • Dutch4.8K3%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Indonesian98,64770%
English10,5678%
French5,1954%
Western Frisian4,9143%
Dutch4,7533%

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◐

Iwan is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name19K records spelled Iwan2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom

    Also written Iwań

  • French given name6.0K records spelled Iwan3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Netherlands, United States

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Ïwäñ

  • Danish given name556 records spelled Iwan5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål

    Also written Iwàn

  • Bulgarian given name329 records spelled Iwan7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia, Netherlands, United States

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Ïwan

51 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●

Iwan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Forme slave/polonaise de Jean, du hébreu Yôḥānān, « Dieu fait grâce ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Origine celtique; signifie « if »; variante d’Yves.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In German, Patronym zu Iwan, slaw. Form von Johannes; in Deutschland auch aus Rufname Iwein möglich. 424 Bearer in Dtld.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, from the Arthurian name Iwein/Ivan

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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●

0204060802000200520102015202061 · 2018

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Iwan in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Yearrecords
199948
200048
200146
200247
200347
200445
200546
200646
200748
200848
200955
201054
201153
201253
201355
201455
201554
201655
201757
201861
201958
202057

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1400160018002000Ivan III, b. 1440Ivan IV, b. 1530Ivan V of Russia, b. 1666Ivan Goncharov, b. 1812Ivan Konstantinovič Ajvazovskij, b. 1817Ivan Turgenev, b. 1818Ivan Kramskoi, b. 1837Ivan Pavlov, b. 1849Ivan Bunin, b. 1870Yanka Kupala, b. 1882
  • Ivan IIIb. 1440RUnot in their usual nameGrand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505
  • Ivan IVb. 1530RUnot in their usual nameTsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584
  • Ivan V of Russiab. 1666RUnot in their usual nameTsar of Russia from 1682 to 1696 (lived 1666-1696)
  • Ivan Goncharovb. 1812RUnot in their usual nameRussian novelist and official (1812–1891)
  • Ivan Konstantinovič Ajvazovskijb. 1817UAnot in their usual nameRussian marine painter (1817–1900)
  • Ivan Turgenevb. 1818RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer (1818–1883)
  • Ivan Kramskoib. 1837RUnot in their usual nameRussian artist (1837-1887)
  • Ivan Pavlovb. 1849RUnot in their usual nameRussian physiologist (1849–1936)
  • Ivan Buninb. 1870FRnot in their usual nameRussian writer and poet (1870–1953)
  • Yanka Kupalab. 1882BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian writer (1882–1942)

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●

Attested in 56 sources across 27 countries.

Official registers attesting Iwan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—2.9K#543
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262.2K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2.2K#1,200
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262.2K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2.2K#1,189
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—2K#1,348
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024800#1,925
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026783#549
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000427#46,839
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020416#53,634
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010368#55,741
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020267#31,690

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 120 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Iwan?
We estimate roughly 5.1 thousand people bear Iwan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.
In which country does Iwan have the most bearers?
Iwan is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled iwan.
How common is Iwan compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Iwan is the 69th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.
Is Iwan a male or female name?
Iwan is a male 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 Iwan mean?
Recorded meaning: Polish spelling of the personal name Ivan, East Slavic form of Jan (see John).
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Iwan” — the 69th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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