Îvy

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Îvy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 33rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ibig, *ibag, *ibah, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Prot.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 432(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.6K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈400,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
449 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 432 (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ÎvyLatin(measured from records)
이비Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ivy in US United States, PH Philippines, MY Malaysia and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Îvy: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Îvy
  1. Middle Englishivi(measured from records)
  2. Old Englishīfiġ(measured from records)
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ibig(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Germanic*ibahscompare West Flemish iefte(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁(measured from records)

From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ibig, *ibag, *ibah, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (compare Welsh efwr (“black elder”), Ancient Greek ἴφυον (íphuon, “spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica”)).

Sources 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Îvy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Îvy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈400,000 est.≈1 in 3.5K—Ivy79
PH Philippines#411≈67,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Ivy142
US United States—50,0931 in 6.6K49KIvy449
HK Hong Kong#33≈17,000 est.≈1 in 432—Ivy80
ZA South Africa#929≈13,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K—Ivy51
TW Taiwan—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K—Ivy98
MY Malaysia#740≈9,900 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Ivy87
SG Singapore#221≈3,100 est.≈1 in 2K—Ivy108

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Îvy is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Philippines

    Also written Ivy, Ïvy, Îvÿ

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Îvy under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Îvy mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ibig, *ibag, *ibah, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Prot… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
Is Îvy a male or female name?
Îvy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Îvy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 400 thousand people named Îvy in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ivy.
How common is the name Îvy?
In the United States, the national register counted 50,093 people named Îvy in 2020, about 1 in 6.6 thousand residents.
How common is Îvy compared with other names?
In Hong Kong, Îvy is the 33rd most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Îvy” — the 33rd most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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