# Ivo
## 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

* IPA: /ˈaɪvəʊ/

### 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

* Ives
* Ivor
* Yvette
* Yvonne

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* VOI, Voi, OVI, vio, VoI, ovi-

## Czech
### Etymology

Cognate to French Yves, and also a variant of Ivan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪvo]

### Proper noun

Ivo m anim
* a male given name

#### Declension
## Estonian
### Etymology

Short form of Ivar and, less often, of Ivan.

### Proper noun

Ivo
* a male given name

#### Related terms

* Aivar, Aivo, Ivar, Ivari

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Ivana (“John”) +‎ -o. Akin to Estonian Ivo.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈiʋo/, [ˈiʋo̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈiʋoi̯/, [ˈiʋo̞i̯]
* Rhymes: -iʋo, -iʋoi̯
* Hyphenation: I‧vo

### Noun

Ivo
* a diminutive of the male given name Ivana

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 98

## Italian
### Etymology

Cognate to English Ivo and French Yves.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.vo/
* Rhymes: -ivo
* Hyphenation: Ì‧vo

### Proper noun

Ivo m
* a male given name

### Anagrams

* Vio, Voi, ovi-, voi

## 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

* Ivars, Aivars
* Iveta

### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈi.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈi.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈi.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈi.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈi.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈi.bu/ [ˈi.βu]
* Rhymes: -ivu
* Hyphenation: I‧vo

### Proper noun

Ivo
* a male given name

#### Derived terms

* Adão e Ivo

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Ivan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǐːʋo/

### Proper noun

Ívo m (Cyrillic spelling И́во)
* a male given name

## Slovak
### Proper noun

Ivo m pers (diminutive Ivko)
* a male given name

### Further reading

* “Ivo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025