Ivo Forename
Approximately 234,904 people bear this name
Ivo Forename Definition:
A male name. Old French Ive, Ives, Ivon, probably from a Celtic name in Iv-. E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch derives it from Old German Iv ‘yew', but the early establishment of the name in Brittany, and its being borne by several Breton and Cornish saints, make a Celtic origin more likely.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 81,555 | 1:2,627 | 390 |
| Italy | 100% | 26,804 | 1:2,278 | 300 |
| Czechia | 100% | 17,439 | 1:611 | 131 |
| Croatia | 100% | 14,583 | 1:289 | 76 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 12,813 | 1:1,319 | 273 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11,128 | 1:628 | 135 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 10,909 | 1:323 | 55 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,624 | 1:1,507 | 350 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,547 | 1:2,863 | 527 |
| Angola | 100% | 6,883 | 1:3,918 | 644 |
| Indonesia | 60% | 4,505 | 1:57,262 | 7,087 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,037 | 1:2,035 | 398 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,875 | 1:24,949 | 1,021 |
| United States | 100% | 2,673 | 1:135,629 | 5,501 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,849 | 1:711 | 176 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 1,749 | 1:30,182 | 2,660 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,486 | 1:5,730 | 486 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,345 | 1:1,828 | 353 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,207 | 1:14,588 | 930 |
| Canada | 100% | 844 | 1:39,258 | 2,820 |
| Spain | 100% | 740 | 1:62,878 | 2,272 |
| Argentina | 100% | 731 | 1:58,513 | 1,505 |
| England | 100% | 709 | 1:78,424 | 3,205 |
| Poland | 71% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Serbia | 100% | 681 | 1:10,493 | 871 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 658 | 1:45,900 | 2,818 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 619 | 1:1,025 | 233 |
| Latvia | 100% | 595 | 1:3,388 | 411 |
| DR Congo | 82% | 548 | 1:134,722 | 6,629 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 527 | 1:6,504 | 573 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 451 | 1:11,774 | 449 |
| Peru | 99% | 405 | 1:78,497 | 3,161 |
| Colombia | 100% | 357 | 1:133,835 | 3,813 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 350 | 1:20,677 | 1,307 |
| Ecuador | - | 348 | 1:50,939 | 1,782 |
| Nigeria | 59% | 337 | 1:526,897 | 16,262 |
| South Africa | 95% | 318 | 1:171,486 | 11,596 |
| Sweden | 100% | 305 | 1:32,321 | 1,955 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 292 | 1:36,306 | 1,785 |
| Mexico | 100% | 280 | 1:443,373 | 5,283 |
| India | 100% | 271 | 1:4,482,945 | 177,987 |
| France | 100% | 265 | 1:250,831 | 3,688 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 247 | 1:42,232 | 3,015 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Zambia | - | 218 | 1:72,728 | 3,918 |
| Thailand | 100% | 206 | 1:340,125 | 18,351 |
| Cape Verde | - | 188 | 1:2,815 | 451 |
| Philippines | 99% | 156 | 1:679,548 | 20,697 |
| Namibia | - | 142 | 1:16,931 | 1,637 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 137 | 1:15,261 | 1,805 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 131 | 1:122,965 | 2,417 |
| Australia | - | 125 | 1:109,261 | 3,764 |
| Greece | 100% | 100 | 1:109,345 | 2,847 |
| Russia | 98% | 99 | 1:1,456,906 | 10,975 |
| Norway | 100% | 94 | 1:54,599 | 2,186 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 93 | 1:51,268 | 2,246 |
| Finland | 100% | 87 | 1:63,025 | 1,913 |
| Ireland | 100% | 76 | 1:61,099 | 1,828 |
| Honduras | 100% | 72 | 1:122,465 | 3,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68% | 69 | 1:118,149 | 10,589 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Cuba | - | 62 | 1:185,590 | 2,779 |
| New Zealand | - | 60 | 1:75,601 | 3,547 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 58 | 1:9,725 | 807 |
| Panama | 100% | 50 | 1:78,131 | 4,279 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 47 | 1:4,085 | 707 |
| Israel | 96% | 41 | 1:204,949 | 6,280 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 41 | 1:562,828 | 20,157 |
| El Salvador | - | 36 | 1:176,161 | 2,716 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 36 | 1:1,052 | 221 |
| Denmark | - | 35 | 1:161,414 | 3,904 |
| Malaysia | 65% | 34 | 1:895,586 | 32,752 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Albania | 100% | 33 | 1:92,320 | 6,614 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Scotland | 100% | 24 | 1:222,932 | 3,804 |
| China | - | 21 | 1:65,050,275 | 63,020 |
| Uganda | 100% | 17 | 1:2,409,231 | 29,243 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Singapore | 50% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| San Marino | 100% | 14 | 1:2,351 | 313 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Kosovo | - | 9 | 1:206,827 | 8,009 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Armenia | 75% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Congo | - | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Ivó (12) are calculated separately.
Ivo (10,499) may also be a surname.
Ivo Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old French Ive, Ives, Ivon, probably from a Celtic name in Iv-. E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch derives it from Old German Iv ‘yew', but the early establishment of the name in Brittany, and its being borne by several Breton and Cornish saints, make a Celtic origin more likely. The St Ives who gave his name to the Hunts town was a legendary person, said to have come to England from Persia in the 7th C. Yvon, Yves was the name of one of the 12 peers who fell at Roncesvalles, and it is common in Old French romances. It was brought to England at the time of the Norman Conquest, one of the best- known examples being Ivo de Tailbois who m. an Englishwoman, sister of Edwin and Morcar. It was a favourite name with the Anglo-Normans and it, and its diminutive, gave rise to many surnames, such as Ive, Ives, Iveson, Ivatt, Ivatts, Ivett, Ivetts, Ivens. In the Latin form Ivo it has been revived in modern times.
Yvo Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-71. Ivo Domesday Book 1086. Yvo Curia Regis Rolls 1196, Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Ive Hundred Rolls 1373. Yvonus Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Ivone, Yvone Hundred Rolls 1373. Ivote Hundred Rolls 1273.
The English form of the Danish Ivar, Iver. In Teutonic, ‘a bow-bearer,’ ‘an archer. ‘
Ivo Forename Popularity
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Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivó | 89 | 12 | / |
| Aivo | 86 | 1,755 | / |
| Jivo | 86 | 1,024 | / |
| Hivo | 86 | 241 | / |
| Ivoa | 86 | 99 | / |
| Ivoi | 86 | 85 | / |
| Ivod | 86 | 85 | / |
| Đivo | 86 | 75 | / |
| Ivoh | 86 | 63 | / |
| Givo | 86 | 52 | / |
| Ivoy | 86 | 48 | / |
| Ivos | 86 | 41 | / |
| Ivho | 86 | 38 | / |
| Eivo | 86 | 37 | / |
| Oivo | 86 | 36 | / |
| Uivo | 86 | 36 | / |
| Ivot | 86 | 34 | / |
| Yivo | 86 | 30 | / |
| Ivoo | 86 | 13 | / |
| Ivou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Isvo | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ivoj | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ivuo | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ivop | 86 | 2 | / |
| Itvo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Iovo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Heivo | 75 | 31 | / |
| Haivo | 75 | 14 | / |
| Jivos | 75 | 10 | / |
| Jivoh | 75 | 6 | / |
| Eiveo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Jivod | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ivous | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ivoss | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hievo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ivosh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gaivo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Jivoi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jivoo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jivoy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ivoth | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ihvoh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ivohy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Huivo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hivoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aivod | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hivoa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hivot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ivodh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ivouh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jivot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Isvod | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oivoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ijveo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ijvoz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ivoch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ivhou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ivhot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ishvo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yivou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yivoa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aivoy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eivod | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goivo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Givou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Givoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hiovo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Iva | 67 | 161,573 | / |
| Ibo | 67 | 7,526 | / |
| Iwo | 67 | 4,721 | / |
| Yvo | 67 | 3,679 | / |
| Evo | 67 | 2,811 | / |
| Jivodh | 67 | 194 | / |
| Uvo | 67 | 89 | / |
| Jvo | 67 | 65 | / |
| Ivã | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ivoith | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jievoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ivà | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ivá | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'Ivoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haivoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heivos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ivueoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haivod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goivoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Ivoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yivhuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ivhuot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hivoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoiveo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ivâ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jivoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jivoot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jivosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ivotth | 67 | 1 | / |
Ivo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ivo in the Russian language | ||
| Иво | ivo | - |
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