Ivo

See also: -ivo

English

Etymology

Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with modern French Yves.

Proper noun

Ivo

  1. A male given name.
    • 1970 John Wain, A Winter in the Hills, Viking Press, page 45:
      It was so farcically alien to be called 'Roger' and 'Furnivall' in a place where everybody had names like Ivo and Gito and Madog.

Usage notes

  • Used in medieval England, but rare today. Modern American bearers of this name may be of Slavic origin.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Cognate to French Yves, and also a variant of Ivan.

Proper noun

Ivo m

  1. A male given name.

Estonian

Etymology

Short form of Ivar and, less often, of Ivan.

Proper noun

Ivo

  1. A male given name

Italian

Etymology

Cognate to English Ivo and French Yves.

Proper noun

Ivo m

  1. A male given name.

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1962. Shortened from Ivars, also cognate to English Ivo, with ultimately the same Germanic meaning "yew, bow (of yew)".

Proper noun

Ivo m

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Ivo was the only given name of 2324 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Ivan.

Proper noun

Ívo m

  1. A male given name
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