Iwana as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Iwana

What is the meaning of the name Iwana ?

The baby name Iwana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ee-WAH-nuh (IPA: /iˈwɑːnə/).

Iwana is Latin, Slavic in Origin.

Iwana has two credible roots. In Slavic contexts, it appears as a regional or archival spelling of Ivana/Ivanna, the feminine of Ivan (from Greek Ioannes < Hebrew Yochanan, “God is gracious”). The w-spelling surfaces in Polish-influenced parish and immigration records from Central and Eastern Europe, though standard modern forms favor Ivana or Ivanna. In Japanese, Iwana may be written with kanji such as 岩菜, 岩奈, or 岩名, or echo the nature word 岩魚 (iwana, “white-spotted char”). As a given name it is rare and often unisex; meanings vary by characters but commonly evoke rock, mountains, and clear streams. Related forms in the Slavic line include Ivana, Ivanna, Ivanka; cognates by meaning are Joanna and other John-family names. It is sometimes conflated with Polish Iwona/Yvonne, which has a different root (“yew”).