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Ives

/aɪvz/

Ives proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Ives

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, named after John Ivester.

Origin of Ives

From the medieval English given name mostly found in the Latinate form Ivo today.

Words formed from Ives

Phrases with Ives

Questions about Ives

What does Ives mean?
Ives means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Ives?
Ives is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ives?
Ives is pronounced /aɪvz/.

Words near Ives in the dictionary

  1. Iverson bracket
  2. Iverson brackets
  3. Iversons
  4. ivery
  5. Iverys
  6. Ives
  7. ivesheadiomorph
  8. ivesheadiomorphs
  9. Ivesian
  10. Iveson
  11. Ivesons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ives (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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