If you like Ivy . . .

  1. Ivanie
    • Origin:

      Variation of Ivana
    • Description:

      Variation of Ivana.
  2. Ivara
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "yew tree, archer"
    • Description:

      Similar to Ivana but less personality-driven.
  3. Ive
    • Origin:

      Cornish
    • Meaning:

      "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".
  4. Ivelisse
    • Ivette
      • Origin:

        French variation of Yvette
      • Description:

        Feels more modern than the Y version but also less authentic.
    • Ivoreen
      • Ivorine
        • Ivory
          • Origin:

            Word name
          • Meaning:

            "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:

            Hebrew
          • Meaning:

            "from the land of Abraham"
          • Description:

            Perhaps to honor an ancestral Abraham, but presents a confusing image.
        • Ivrit
          • Izzy
            • Origin:

              Diminutive of Isabel and Isabella
            • Description:

              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:

                          Latin
                        • Meaning:

                          "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:

                          Hebrew
                        • Meaning:

                          "joined, attached"
                        • Description:

                          Levi was given to about 10,000 baby boys in the US last year, along with 67 baby girls.
                      • Levy