Ivy

Spellings & scripts●

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

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ivy is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swahili given name36K records spelled Ivy5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Kenya, United States, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Ívy

• Indonesian given name15K records spelled Ivy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ïvy

• Polish given name2.2K records spelled Ivy5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Ivÿ, Įvy

• Thai given name2.0K records spelled Ivy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Thailand, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Įvÿ

• a separate given name1.2K records spelled Ivy4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Îvy, Îvÿ, Ïvy

64 further groups 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.

Other recorded senses●

Ivy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Old English plant name.

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• English: from the vocabulary word denoting the plant (Old English fig ). This given name was coined at the end of the 19th century together with a large number of other female given names derived from words denoting flowers and plants. It is currently somewhat out of fashion.

  as a word

• In Finnish, initialism of Itsenäisten valtioiden yhteisö; CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Malagasy, saliva, drivel, slabber

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ivy Ledbetter Leeb. 1877USAmerican businessman (1877-1934)
• Ivy Compton-Burnettb. 1884GBEnglish writer (1884–1969)
• Ivy Dumontb. 1930BSGovernor-General of the Bahamas
• Ivy Matsepe-Casaburrib. 1937ZASouth African politician (1937-2009)
• Ivy Ling Pob. 1939CNHong Kong actress and singer
• Melissa Rauchb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Ivy Levanb. 1987USAmerican singer
• Ivy Latimerb. 1994AUAustralian actress
• Ivy Georgeb. 2007USAmerican actress
• Blue Ivy Carterb. 2012USAmerican singer and actress (born 2012)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 987 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ivy?

We estimate roughly 55 thousand people bear Ivy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Ivy have the most bearers?

We estimate about 49 thousand people bear Ivy in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ivy.

How common is Ivy compared with other names?

In Oman, Ivy is the 10th most common given name of 5,236 given names recorded there.

Is Ivy a male or female name?

Ivy 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.

What does the name Ivy mean?

Recorded meaning: Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.