Given name & surname
Ivon
“the archer's bow; of the yew wood”·“of cut wood”·“an archer's bow”
Ivon is a variant of Ives. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the archer's bow; of the yew wood.” Ivon is a variant of Ivo. Interpretations include “of cut wood” and “an archer's bow”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ivon is a variant of Ives. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the archer's bow; of the yew wood.” Ivon is a variant of Ivo. Interpretations include “of cut wood” and “an archer's bow”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Ivon is a variant of Ivonne. In French use, Ivonne carries the interpretation “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ivon is a variant of Ives. An origin associated with Ives is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ivon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,736
- 580 boys · 1,156 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,610 as a first name in 2020; 152 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ivon’s family of names
In Walloon usage, Ivon shares a linguistic root with the French form Yvon. Ivon has a related form in Ivonne. Ivon has a related form in Ivo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ivon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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