Ivy Forename

3,700th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 284,346 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Ivy Forename Definition:

A female name. a late 19th-C invention. A writer in Notes and Queries, 1904 mentions it as one of the plant and flower names then gaining popularity.

Ivy Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
 
98%
64,4701:1,644345
United States
 
93%
29,5821:12,2551,222
England
100%
28,7681:1,933332
Kenya
100%
27,0821:1,710326
Malawi
100%
24,9601:686152
Ghana
100%
22,3061:1,210245
South Africa
100%
17,4461:3,126587
Zambia-10,9911:1,443297
Zimbabwe
 
99%
7,9291:1,945356
Jamaica-7,3241:39464
Canada
100%
5,2811:6,274896
China-4,4571:306,49720,961
Malaysia
 
99%
4,0421:7,533878
Bangladesh
100%
3,8491:41,4293,785
India
100%
2,2641:536,60742,186
Brazil
100%
2,2091:96,9835,468
Saudi Arabia-1,9821:15,5462,113
Wales
100%
1,3171:2,350398
Hong Kong-1,2401:6,252507
Singapore
 
99%
1,2101:5,196910
Nigeria
100%
1,1581:153,3377,325
Micronesia-9321:11428
Australia-8631:15,8261,219
Netherlands
100%
7351:22,9962,095
Botswana
100%
7121:3,068539
Scotland
100%
6221:8,602645
New Zealand-6051:7,498894
Indonesia
100%
5761:447,85434,829
Namibia-4161:5,779818
Papua New Guinea
 
99%
3791:21,5102,148
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
3601:3,782706
Mauritius-3481:3,729647
Bahamas-3311:1,207295
Taiwan
100%
3311:71,8129,615
Egypt
100%
3251:282,7729,197
Puerto Rico-3181:11,164701
Mexico
 
98%
2981:416,5925,116
Peru
100%
2961:107,4043,740
Qatar
100%
2891:8,1991,327
Poland
100%
2831:134,3712,707
Guyana
100%
2821:2,707534
Suriname
100%
2631:2,102491
Thailand
100%
2551:274,76816,066
United Arab Emirates-2481:28,8392,823
Curaçao
100%
2411:646210
Solomon Islands
100%
2281:2,548410
Kuwait-1801:21,0292,270
Barbados-1711:1,695384
Swaziland-1541:8,4431,221
Germany
100%
1401:690,5566,359
Northern Ireland
100%
1311:14,070874
Panama
100%
1251:31,2522,564
Chile
 
93%
1221:144,3213,111
Brunei-1191:3,526356
Bahrain-1181:11,4291,802
Fiji-1151:7,7601,571
Belgium
100%
1131:101,6823,484
Uganda
 
96%
1131:362,4519,698
Sweden
100%
1061:92,9994,091
Ireland
100%
1011:45,9751,556
Israel
 
64%
971:86,6284,034
Belize
100%
941:3,769826
Venezuela
100%
931:324,75210,006
Cameroon-921:234,8979,508
Honduras
100%
911:96,8953,179
Vietnam
100%
911:1,017,8362,659
Dominican Republic-861:121,2945,870
Tanzania
100%
761:694,58317,085
United States Virgin Islands-661:1,663337
Liberia
 
89%
641:68,9383,318
Jersey-621:1,613326
Antigua and Barbuda-611:1,629348
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
601:1,860354
France
 
96%
571:1,166,1468,576
Guatemala
100%
561:287,6513,507
Norway
100%
521:98,6993,209
Spain
100%
481:969,3748,577
Turks and Caicos Islands
100%
471:738158
Colombia
100%
451:1,061,75411,798
Italy
 
95%
401:1,526,55211,670
South Korea
100%
401:138,6116,160
Costa Rica
100%
391:122,2553,564
El Salvador-371:171,4002,675
Macau-351:17,377339
Argentina
100%
341:1,258,0375,872
DR Congo
67%
 
341:2,171,40051,388
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
341:1,614377
Cayman Islands
100%
311:1,977447
British Virgin Islands
100%
291:1,078245
Ecuador-291:611,2735,978
Japan-281:4,570,93126,844
Lesotho
 
95%
281:72,8576,868
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Switzerland
100%
271:304,2045,947
Saint Lucia
 
95%
261:6,8391,067
Malta-231:18,6681,434
Grenada
100%
211:5,149844
Guam-211:7,6501,166
Nicaragua
 
91%
201:300,9176,429
Aruba-171:6,1051,121
Iraq-141:2,501,27613,388
Uruguay
100%
121:285,6364,451
Anguilla
100%
111:1,205212
Russia
50%
 
111:13,112,15545,377
American Samoa-91:6,2051,322
Congo
50%
 
91:556,5789,819
Denmark-91:627,7228,968
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-91:648154
Czechia
100%
51:2,131,2325,044
Faroe Islands
100%
51:9,8251,060
Finland
 
67%
51:1,096,6379,775
Greece-41:2,733,63712,935
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
New Caledonia-41:67,5412,087
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Afghanistan-31:10,874,50540,253
Croatia-31:1,405,69211,430
Dominica-31:25,157718
Marshall Islands
100%
31:17,0772,297
Oman-31:1,369,5567,879
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
Romania-31:6,683,99244,661
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Luxembourg-21:282,0243,520
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Belarus
50%
 
11:9,482,38420,892
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Hungary
 
99%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Isle of Man
100%
11:85,023723
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051

Ivy (22,421) may also be a surname.

Ivy Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. a late 19th-C invention. A writer in Notes and Queries, 1904 mentions it as one of the plant and flower names then gaining popularity.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

F. In Teutonic, ‘clinging,’ it is obviously from the plant. Cf. Hazel.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Teutonic name, meaning: A clinging vine.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Ivy Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ivey864,537/
Aivy862,471/
Ivys86354/
Eivy86301/
Jivy86148/
Ivay86140/
Givy8686/
Isvy8671/
Hivy8660/
Ivoy8648/
Ivhy8622/
Yivy8617/
Ihvy8614/
Iviy8610/
Ivyy866/
Ivyh866/
Ivyz865/
Ivyt863/
Ivyi862/
Oivy862/
Itvy861/
I'vy861/
Ivuy861/
Ivyd861/
Iovy861/
Ivaya75443/
Aivey7585/
Ivahy7578/
Haivy7553/
Heivy7553/
Jivay7546/
Jivey7531/
Eivys7525/
Uivay7522/
Givey7517/
Hivey7513/
Hivys7510/
Iveys759/
Jiviy759/
Aivys759/
Hivay757/
Jisvy755/
Eivay754/
Hiviy754/
Isvay754/
Jivys754/
Iveey754/
Jivoy752/
Ivyth752/
Issvy752/
Isvey752/
Yisvy752/
Aivhy752/
Eivey752/
Eijvy752/
Giviy752/
Ivohy752/
D'Ivy751/
Aaivy751/
Aivoy751/
Isviy751/
Isvyt751/
Ishvy751/
Ivayh751/
Ivhey751/
Ivyss751/
Ivych751/
Ihvey751/
Uivys751/
Ivyph751/
Iwuvy751/
Iauvy751/
Aivyt751/
Aivyz751/
Eivuy751/
Eivyd751/
Iva67161,573/
Evy6734,557/
Ive6711,181/
Ivi675,316/
Aivaya674,270/
Iby67768/
Yvy67238/
Iwy6751/
Jvy6732/
Jivaya6714/
Heivys679/
Haivys678/
Aisvay676/
Ivj676/
Ishvay674/
Ivahay674/
Ivê672/
Jievey672/
Jievoy672/
Ivá672/
D'Ivoy672/
Haivey672/
Évy671/
Haivay671/
Aihvey671/
Ishvey671/
Ivaaya671/
Jiviey671/

Ivy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ivy in the Russian language
Ивыivy-

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