Given name · also German
Ivo
“of cut wood”·“an archer's bow”
Ivo is used as a form of YvEs.
Original GermanJohannes
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of cut wood” and “an archer's bow”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with German and English naming traditions.
How it developed
Ivo is used as a form of YvEs.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ivo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 854
- 849 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,370 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,370 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,656 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ivo’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Ivo is an affectionate form of Ivan. In Portuguese usage, Ivo shares an earlier linguistic root with Jean. Ivo is a form of Yves.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ivo has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
15 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Johannesvariant · German
- Ivanfull form · Serbo-Croatian, Portuguese
- Ivanafull form · izh
- Ivarfull form · Estonian
- Ivorvariant
- Ivonvariant
- Ivesvariant
- Ivošvariant · Czech
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 66
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Johnequivalent
- Iandoublet · Portuguese
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Seanequivalent
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- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeandoublet · Portuguese
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Ivafeminine form · Czech, Slovene
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yvescognate · French
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Ruandoublet · Portuguese
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Erwanequivalent
- Yvonequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Янкаequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jankaequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Youennequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- Iwosee also · Polish
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Erwannequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Іванequivalent
And 6 more.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ivo
- Ivo AndrićYugoslav novelist (1892–1975)
- Ivo JosipovićCroatian politician, third President of Croatiaborn 1957
- Ivo SanaderCroatian politician, former Prime Ministerborn 1953
- Ivo UlichCzech businessman, former association football playerborn 1974
- Ivo ViktorCzech footballerborn 1942
- Ivo KarlovićCroatian tennis playerborn 1979
- Ivo GrbićCroatian footballerborn 1996
- Ivo PogorelićCroatian pianistborn 1958
- Ivo Lapennalaw professor from Yugoslavia1909–1987
Characters named Ivo: Doctor Eggman (the Sonic franchise).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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