Ivo
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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
Proper noun
Ivo
- 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
Translations
male given name
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Cognate to French Yves, and also a variant of Ivan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ivo m anim
- a male given name
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Estonian
Etymology
Short form of Ivar and, less often, of Ivan.
Proper noun
Ivo
- a male given name
Related terms
Ingrian
Etymology
From Ivana (“John”) + -o. Akin to Estonian Ivo.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈiʋo/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈiʋoi̯/,
- Rhymes: -iʋo, -iʋoi̯
- Hyphenation: I‧vo
Noun
Ivo
- 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
Proper noun
Ivo m
- a male given name
Anagrams
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
- a male given name
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Ivo was the only given name of 2324 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Portuguese
Etymology
Two possible origins:
- 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.
- Short form of Ivan. Doublet of João, Ian, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane, all equivalents to English John.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: I‧vo
Proper noun
Ivo
- a male given name.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
A hypocoristic form of Ivan.
Proper noun
Ívo m (Cyrillic spelling И́во)
- a male given name