Ivo

See also: ivo, ivó, ívó, and -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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪvəʊ/

Proper noun

Ivo

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 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 rarer as a given name today. Modern American bearers of this name may be of Slavic origin. Also still used to translate the names of pre-modern figures named Yves.

Related terms

• Ives
• Ivor
• Yvette
• Yvonne

Translations

male given name

• Esperanto: Ivo
• Estonian: Ivo (et)
• French: Yves (fr)
• Italian: Ivo (it)
• Latvian: Ivo
• Portuguese: Ivo (pt)

Anagrams

• VOI, Voi, OVI, vio, VoI, ovi-

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪvo]

Proper noun

Ivo m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ivo (masculine animate in -o)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ivo	Ivové
genitive	Iva	Ivů
dative	Ivovi, Ivu	Ivům
accusative	Iva	Ivy
vocative	Ivo	Ivové
locative	Ivovi, Ivu	Ivech
instrumental	Ivem	Ivy

Estonian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ivo

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Aivar, Aivo, Ivar, Ivari

Ingrian

Etymology

From Ivana (“John”) +‎ -o. Akin to Estonian Ivo.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈiʋo/, [ˈiʋo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈiʋoi̯/, [ˈiʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -iʋo, -iʋoi̯
• Hyphenation: I‧vo

Noun

Ivo

1. a diminutive of the male given name Ivana

Declension

Declension of Ivo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	Ivo	Ivot
genitive	Ivon	Ivvoin, Ivoloin
partitive	Ivvoa	Ivoja, Ivoloja
illative	Ivvoo	Ivvoi, Ivoloihe
inessive	Ivos	Ivois, Ivolois
elative	Ivost	Ivoist, Ivoloist
allative	Ivolle	Ivoille, Ivoloille
adessive	Ivol	Ivoil, Ivoloil
ablative	Ivolt	Ivoilt, Ivoloilt
translative	Ivoks	Ivoiks, Ivoloiks
essive	Ivonna, Ivvoon	Ivoinna, Ivoloinna, Ivvoin, Ivoloin
exessive1)	Ivont	Ivoint, Ivoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 98

Italian

Etymology

Cognate to English Ivo and French Yves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: Ì‧vo

Proper noun

Ivo m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• Vio, Voi, ovi-, voi

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

Related terms

• Ivars, Aivars
• Iveta

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Two possible origins:

1. Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with French Yves.
2. Short form of Ivan. Doublet of João, Ian, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane, all equivalents to English John.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bu/ [ˈi.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: I‧vo

Proper noun

Ivo

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Adão e Ivo

 

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Ivan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐːʋo/

Proper noun

Ívo m (Cyrillic spelling И́во)

1. a male given name

Slovak

Proper noun

Ivo m pers (diminutive Ivko)

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “Ivo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024