Comments and insights on the name Iva: | Edit. Meaning god is good/gracious. usually female name in italian, slavic, croatian, czech. Can be a shortened version of slavic names Ivana, Ivanka, Ivka. russians use Iva as a boys name (short for Ivan which is russian for john).
Ivann is derived from Hebrew origins. Ivann is a variant transcription of the name Ivan (Belorussian, Czech, English, Russian, Slavic, and Ukrainian). See also the related category hebrew. Ivann is uncommon as a baby name for boys.