CROATIAN HERALDRY

IVANOVIC - IVANOVICH

Ivanovich means the son of John or Johnson. Ivanovic name variations would include lvanic, Ivancic, Ivancan, Ivancek, Ivancevic, lvanisevic, Ivanko and Ivankovic plus many others.

Ivanovich was a Count with origins at Hercegnovi in the Kotor with other branches at Makarska recorded between 1477-1499 in Dalmatia. King Leopold granted arms to Frane Ivanovich of Virovitica and Pozega on August 4, 1687 in Vienna. Another branch originated in Zvonigrad, Bosnia and was related to the clans of Mirkovich, Alacevich, Ivelich, Kurkuti, and Tadich. These clans moved out at the fall of Bosnia.

The largest clans of lvanovich lived at Aljamas, Baranjsko, Petrovo Selo, Brcevac, Bukovica, Cepin, Donja Obrijez, Gorican, Krstatice, Mandic Selo, Slavonska pozega, Split, Strasnik, Sutivan on Brac, Tovarnik and Zagreb.

Colors of Arms are gold for the dots; silver for the white; blue for the horizontal lines; and green for the left slanted lines.

Courtesy of the Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, 2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, California, 94070. Phone: 650-592-1190; E-Mail croatians@aol.com; Web www.croatians.com. Adam S. Eterovich.