Ivanov Family Name and Heraldry

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Ivanov, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

Family name meaning

Ivanov began as a Russian family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “the son of Ivan (gracious gift of Jehovah)”.

Like many surnames, it grew out of a personal name. Smith also lists Ivan. From 1891 to 2000, 113 births in France were registered under Ivanov. In the Spanish register, Ivanov appears 3,926 times as a first surname and 2,004 times as a second one.

Research your Ivanov family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.