Ivanovych


Ivanovych or Ivanovich is a Ukrainian patryrnom and patryrnomic surname meaning "Son of Ivan". The patryrnomic form is created with the suffix -ovych, the Ukrainian equivalent of :wikt:en:-son|"-son" or :wikt:en:-sson|"-sson", attached to Ivan. Ivan is the Ukrainian form of "John", so :wikt:en:Ivanovych|Ivanovych is equivalent to 'Johnson' or 'Johnsson'. Thus Ivanovych can be translated as "Son of John" or "John's Son". This is one of several ways that "Ivan" can be turned into a surname, with at least thirty-six reported variants including Ivanenko, Ivaniuk, and Ivanchuk.