# Ivo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “yew”, “bow” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaɪvəʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 854 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 849 / 5 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 731, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 5,176 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,329 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,447 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,118 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,787 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,839 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,332 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,151 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,635 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,563 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,959 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,425 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,518 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,329 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,137 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,370 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 29 | 977 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 30 | 974 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 52 | 656 |
| 2021 | 47 | 729 |
| 2022 | 52 | 665 |
| 2023 | 61 | 598 |
| 2024 | 63 | 602 |
| 2025 | 57 | 639 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Ivo
- Estonian: Ivo
- French: Yves
- Italian: Ivo
- Latvian: Ivo
- Portuguese: Ivo

## People named Ivo

- Ivo Josipović, Croatian politician, third President of Croatia
- Ivo Sanader, Croatian politician, former Prime Minister
- Ivo Ulich, Czech businessman, former association football player
- Ivo Viktor, Czech footballer
- Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
- Ivo Grbić, Croatian footballer
- Ivo Pogorelić, Croatian pianist
- Ivo Iličević, Croatian footballer
- Ivo Van Damme, Belgian athlete (1954–1976)
- Ivo Linna, Estonian singer (born 1949)
- Ivo Minář, Czech tennis player
- Ivo Vojnović, dramatist and playwright from Dubrovnik (1857-1929)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.