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Ivanovna

Proper noun

Meaning

Ivanovna

A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ивановна (Ivánovna, “daughter of Ivan”).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

His father was the liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870–1922) and his mother was the heiress Yelena Ivanovna née Rukavishnikova, the granddaughter of a millionaire gold-mine owner. Source: Internet

He was first married to Nina Ivanovna; she was born not too far away from the local farm in which Andropov was born. Source: Internet

Satirical impulses are directed at every other character in the novel: the bon vivant (Anna's brother, Stiva), the sanctimonious religious hypocrite (Countess Lydia Ivanovna), the society flirt (Countess Betsy Tverskaya), the careerist (Karenin). Source: Internet

Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko is conducting an official visit to Mongolia at the invitation of Speaker of the Parliament Z.Enkhbold. Matviyenko called on President Ts. Source: Internet

In contrast to male names, if a woman is called by her patronymic name without a given name, the patronymic is usually not contracted: "Ivanovna" but "Mar' Ivanna"; "Sergeevna"/"Sergevna" is one exception, where both forms are fine. Source: Internet

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