Etymology

Ivan Ivanovich

Today it means: An anonymous or stereotypical Russian man; a Russian John Smith, John Q. Public or Joe Q. Public. Full definition →

Russian Ива́н Ива́нович
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromИва́н Ива́нович
  2. English todayIvan Ivanovich

Borrowed from Russian Ива́н Ива́нович (Iván Ivánovič, literally “John Johnson”).

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