# Ivor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivor/  
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 | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaɪvə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 909 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 863 / 46 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 837, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Medieval form of Old Norse Ívarr. Doublet of Igor.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 5 | 1,801 |
| 1916 | 5 | 4,757 |
| 1918 | 7 | 4,059 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,323 |
| 1921 | 9 | 3,532 |
| 1923 | 5 | 5,302 |
| 1925 | 5 | 5,353 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,902 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 13,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,272 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,086 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,069 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,107 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,968 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,261 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,906 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,826 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,325 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,816 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,282 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,506 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,300 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,884 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 31 | 935 |
| 2015 | 35 | 873 |
| 2016 | 34 | 903 |
| 2017 | 48 | 719 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 62 | 579 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 57 | 626 |
| 2023 | 53 | 665 |
| 2024 | 74 | 524 |
| 2025 | 69 | 563 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Ivar, Iver
- Finnish: Iivari
- Icelandic: Ívar, Ingvar
- Latvian: Ivars
- Norwegian: Ivar, Iver, Ingvar, Yngvar
- Polish: Igor
- Russian: И́горь
- Scottish Gaelic: Ìomhar
- Swedish: Ivar, Ingvar
- Welsh: Ifor

## People named Ivor

- Ivor Pandur, Croatian association football player
- Ivor Broadis, English footballer (1922-2019)
- Ivor Bueb, British racing driver
- Ivor Montagu, British film maker (1904–1984)
- Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, British politician (1932-2018)
- Ivor Gurney, British composer and poet
- Ivor Campbell, Canadian rower (1898–1971)
- Ivor Wood, English animator (1932-2004)
- Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, British politician (1873-1939)
- Ivor Roberts, British diplomat
- Ivor Bolton, British musician
- Ivor Maxse, British Army general

## 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.