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Ivo
Say it: EE-voh
Meaning
From Germanic iv 'yew'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Brought by the Normans and Bretons.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 772 babies given this name since 1894
- At its height in 1894, about 1 in 23,200 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ives, Ivon
| French | Yves |
|---|---|
| Breton | Erwan |
Famous bearers
- Ivo of Chartres
- Ivo Taillebois
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.