Ivy - Meaning of Ivy

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[ 2 syll. i-vy, iv-y ] The baby boy name Ivy is also used as a girl name, and more commonly so. Its pronunciation is AYViy- †. Ivy's origin is English. The name's meaning is ivy tree. See Ivy for more information.

Ivea, Iveah, Ivee, Ivey, Ivi, Ivie, and Ivye are variants of Ivy.

See also the related categories, tree (wood) and english.

Ivy is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.012% of baby boys were given the name Ivy. It ranked at #545 then. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is now of irregular use. Within all boy names in its group, Ivy was nonetheless the most popular in 2018. Ivy has in the past century been mostly given to girls. In 1935, the name Ivy was given to 62% more girls than boys.

Baby names that sound like Ivy include Ivey, Ivie, Ivye, Ifee, Ifey, Iva, Ivah, Aapep, Aba, Abah, Abba, Abbea, Abbee, Abbey, Abbi, Abbie, Abbo, Abby, Abbye, and Abey.

† English pronunciation for Ivy: AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"