If you like Ivy . . .
- Ivanie
Origin:
Variation of IvanaDescription:
Variation of Ivana.
- Ivara
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"yew tree, archer"Description:
Similar to Ivana but less personality-driven.
- Ive
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"yew"Description:
Angliziced form of the Cornish name Ia. According to legend, the Cornish saint Ia was an Irish princess who sailed across the sea to Cornwall on a leaf. She was martyred and buried at the spot where the church of St Ives (called Porth Ia - "St Ia’s cove" - in Cornish) now stands. Ive may be an anglicized form of her name or a variant of the masculine Ivo or Yves, "yew".
- Ivelisse
- Ivette
Origin:
French variation of YvetteDescription:
Feels more modern than the Y version but also less authentic.
- Ivoreen
- Ivorine
- Ivory
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"hard, white material from the tusks and teeth of animals; pale, white"Description:
Ivory was last popular a hundred years ago. In 2013, it finally began to regain some momentum in the female rankings, reentering the Top 1000.
- Ivria
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"from the land of Abraham"Description:
Perhaps to honor an ancestral Abraham, but presents a confusing image.
- Ivrit
- Izzy
Origin:
Diminutive of Isabel and IsabellaDescription:
The longer Isabella stays in the Top 10—and it's been there for more than a decade—the more we hear the nickname Izzy (especially if we watch Grey's Anatomy). it's just a matter of time before it stands on its own, as it has as a first name for the daughter of Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher.
- Illy
- Ivalisse
- Ivy Grace
- Ivy Mae
- Ivy Rae
- Ivy Rose
- June
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young"Description:
June, a sweetly old-fashioned month name derived from the goddess Juno, was long locked in a time capsule with June Allyson (born Ella) and June Cleaver, but is rising again especially as a middle name.
- Levi
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"joined, attached"Description:
Levi was given to about 10,000 baby boys in the US last year, along with 67 baby girls.
- Levy