Ivo
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
Translations edit
male given name
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to French Yves, and also a variant of Ivan.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ivo m anim
- a male given name
Declension edit
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Short form of Ivar and, less often, of Ivan.
Proper noun edit
Ivo
- a male given name
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Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Ivana (“John”) + -o. Akin to Estonian Ivo.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈiʋo/, [ˈiʋo̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈiʋoi̯/, [ˈiʋo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -iʋo, -iʋoi̯
- Hyphenation: I‧vo
Noun edit
Ivo
- a diminutive of the male given name Ivana
Declension edit
Declension of Ivo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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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 edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 98
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to English Ivo and French Yves.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ivo m
- a male given name
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Ivo m
- a male given name
Related terms edit
References edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: I‧vo
Proper noun edit
Ivo
- a male given name.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
A hypocoristic form of Ivan.
Proper noun edit
Ívo m (Cyrillic spelling И́во)
- a male given name