Ivanovic

Ivanovic is a surname of South Slavic origin, anglicized from Ivanović, a patronymic formed from the given name Ivan (John). The suffix -ović indicates “descendant of” or “son of,” yielding the meaning “son of Ivan.”

In Cyrillic spelling, Ивановић; in Latin script, Ivanović, with the diacritic over the c.

Geographic distribution: It is common in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, as well as among communities from these countries in Western Europe, North America, and Australia.

Notable people include Ana Ivanović (born 1987), Serbian former professional tennis player, and Branislav Ivanović (born 1984), Serbian professional footballer.

Variants include Ivanović with diacritics and Ivanovic without diacritics; in some contexts it is transliterated as Ivanovich.